The Woman He Loved

1988 TV series or program

The Woman He Loved
Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews
Genre	Romantic drama
Written by	William Luce
Directed by	Charles Jarrott
Starring	Anthony Andrews Jane Seymour Olivia de Havilland Lucy Gutteridge Tom Wilkinson Julie Harris
Composer	Allyn Ferguson
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Larry A. Thompson
Producer	William Hill
Cinematography	Brian Morgan
Editor	Terry Maisey
Running time	100 minutes
Production company	Larry A. Thompson Productions
Original release
Network	ITV
Release	3 April 1988 (1988-04-03)

The Woman He Loved is a 1988 British HTV made-for-television romantic drama film for ITV about the abdication of Edward VIII. Directed by Charles Jarrott, it stars Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour and Olivia de Havilland. Jane Seymour was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film at the 46th Golden Globe Awards and Julie Harris was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie.^[1]^[2] Costume designer Robin Fraser-Paye was also nominated for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special. It was partly shot at Shirenewton Hall in Monmouthshire. This was Olivia de Havilland's final acting role, before her death in 2020.

Cast

^ Bubbeo, Daniel (2002). The Women of Warner Brothers: The Lives and Careers of 15 Leading Ladies : with Filmographies for Each. McFarland. p. 71. ISBN 978-0-7864-1137-5. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ Orange Coast Magazine. Emmis Communications. January 1990. p. 69. ISSN 0279-0483. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

People

Royal family	Prince Albert, Duke of York (Edward VIII's brother, later George VI) Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (Edward VIII's brother) Prince George, Duke of Kent (Edward VIII's brother) Queen Mary (Edward VIII's mother)
Officials	Stanley Baldwin (Prime Minister of the United Kingdom) Clement Attlee (Leader of the Opposition in the United Kingdom) Winston Churchill (MP and supporter of Edward VIII) William Lyon Mackenzie King (Prime Minister of Canada) Joseph Lyons (Prime Minister of Australia) Michael Joseph Savage (Prime Minister of New Zealand) J. B. M. Hertzog (Prime Minister of South Africa) Éamon de Valera (President of the Executive Council of the Irish Free State) Stanley Bruce (High Commissioner of Australia to the United Kingdom)
Clergy	Cosmo Gordon Lang (Archbishop of Canterbury) Alfred Blunt (Bishop of Bradford)
Other	Alec Hardinge (Edward VIII's private secretary) Alan Lascelles (Edward VIII's assistant private secretary) Walter Monckton (advisor to Edward VIII) John Theodore Goddard (Mrs Simpson's solicitor) Ernest Simpson (Mrs Simpson's husband)