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William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray (; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist, author and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and t ...
's 1848 novel
of the same name. The cast included Joyce Redman, Petra Davies, Derek Blomfield,
Alan Badel
Alan Fernand Badel (; 11 September 1923 – 19 March 1982) was an English stage actor who also appeared frequently in the cinema, radio and television and was noted for his richly textured voice which was once described as "the sound of tears". ...
,
David Peel, Graham Stuart, Marian Spencer,
Jack May
Jack Wynne May (23 April 1922 – 19 September 1997) was an English actor.
Early life and education
May was born in 1922 in Henley-on-Thames, and was educated at Forest School in Walthamstow. After war service with the Royal Indian Navy in Bri ...
.
Telerecorded during its live broadcast, only the first episode is known to survive, with the others being
junked following a repeat of the telerecordings in 1957.
Cast
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Joyce Redman
Joyce Olivia Redman (7 December 1915Jonathan Croall, "Redman, Joyce Olivia (1915–2012)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, Jan 201available online Retrieved 1 April 2020. – 9 May 2012) was an Anglo-Irish a ...
as
Becky Sharp
Rebecca "Becky" Sharp, later describing herself as Rebecca, Lady Crawley, is the main protagonist of William Makepeace Thackeray's 1847–48 novel '' Vanity Fair''. She is presented as a cynical social climber who uses her charms to fascinate a ...
*
Petra Davies
Petra Davies (24 July 1930 – 22 March 2016) was a British actress.
Early years
Davies was born in Eltham, London, England on 24 July 1930 and grew up in Newport, Wales. Her parents were Welsh. She trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic A ...
as Amelia Sedley
*
Derek Blomfield
Derek Blomfield (31 August 1920 – 23 July 1964) was a British actor who appeared in a number of stage, film and television productions between 1935 and his death in 1964.
Career
He trained at LAMDA and made his first stage appearance at ...
as Captain Dobbin
*
Alan Badel
Alan Fernand Badel (; 11 September 1923 – 19 March 1982) was an English stage actor who also appeared frequently in the cinema, radio and television and was noted for his richly textured voice which was once described as "the sound of tears". ...
as Rawdon Crawley
*Graham Stuart as John Sedley
*Marian Spencer as Mrs. John Sedley
*
Jack May
Jack Wynne May (23 April 1922 – 19 September 1997) was an English actor.
Early life and education
May was born in 1922 in Henley-on-Thames, and was educated at Forest School in Walthamstow. After war service with the Royal Indian Navy in Bri ...
as Joseph Sedley
*
David Peel as George Osborne
*Barbara Leake as Miss Briggs
*
Lloyd Pearson
Lloyd Mawson Pearson (13 December 1897 – 2 June 1966) was an English actor, who appeared mostly in character roles on stage and screen. He created the roles of Rat in ''Toad of Toad Hall'' in 1929 and Alderman Helliwell in the West End produc ...
as Sir Pitt Crawley
*Graham Leaman as Gentleman at Stock Exchange
*
Henry Oscar
Henry Wale (14 July 1891 – 28 December 1969), known professionally as Henry Oscar, was an English stage and film actor. He changed his name and began acting in 1911, having studied under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama ...
as Osborne Senior
*
Marda Vanne
Marda "Scrappy" Vanne (born Margaretha van Hulsteyn;One source, a close friend, spells her name "Margueretha". 27 September 1896 – 27 April 1970) was a South African actress who found fame in London.
Early life
Margaretha was born in Pretoria, ...
as Miss Crawley
*
Michael Caridia
Michael Caridia (born 2 August 1941) is a British former child actor.
His prominent roles include Sir Reginald, an obnoxious boy, in the Norman Wisdom vehicle ''Up in the World'' and Hugo Wendt in the 1956 horror-comedy ''The Gamma People''. In ...
as George Osborne
*
Dorothy Black as Miss Barbara Pinkerton
*
George Curzon as Lord Steyne
*Christopher Steele as Mr. Moss
*Katharine Page as Mrs. Bute Crawley
*
Lockwood West
Harry Lockwood West (28 July 1905 – 28 March 1989) was a British actor. He was the father of actor Timothy West and the grandfather of actor Samuel West.
Life and career
West was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England in 1905, the son of Mildr ...
as Pitt Crawley
References
External links
''Vanity Fair'' on IMDb
{{Vanity Fair
1956 British television series debuts
1957 British television series endings
Lost BBC episodes
English-language television shows
1950s British drama television series
1950s British television miniseries
Black-and-white British television shows