The RUSS-L Casting List:
* OTHER CHARACTERS *
Patricia Donleavy | John Watson | Martha Hudson
Veronica Beaconsfield | Mycroft Holmes | Peter Wimsey | Sabine Baring-Gould
PATRICIA DONLEAVY
JUDI DENCH
Best known as:
Amy in David Hare's play "Amy's View" (original Broadway and London casts),
Queen Elizabeth in "Shakespeare
in Love" (film, 1998), Queen Victoria in "Mrs.
Brown", "M" in recent James Bond films, including "GoldenEye"
(film, 1995), and Nora Doel in "84
Charing Cross Road" (film, 1986).
Author Laurie R. King's personal pick!
MAGGIE SMITH
Best known as:
Hester in "Tea with Mussolini" (film, 1999), Aunt Lavinia Penniman in "Washington Square" (film, 1997), Mother Superior in "Sister Act" (film, 1992), and Jean Brodie in "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (film, 1969).
VANESSA REDGRAVE
Best known as:
Clarissa Dalloway in "Mrs.
Dalloway" (film, 1997), Max in "Mission:
Impossible" (film, 1997), Julia in "Julia"
(film, 1977), and Guenevere in "Camelot"
(film, 1967).
DIANA RIGG
Best known as:
Mrs. Danvers in "Rebecca"
(TV, 1997), Regan in "King
Lear" (TV, 1994), Lady Holiday in "The
Great Muppet Caper" (film, 1981), and Emma Peel in "The
Avengers" (TV series, 1996-1968).
JOHN WATSON
EDWARD HARDWICKE
Best known as:
The Earl of Arundel in "Elizabeth"
(film, 1998), Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in "Photographing
Faries" (film, 1997), Dr. John Watson in many BBC/Granada Holmes-related
TV series and TV movies, including "The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" (TV series, 1994), and Warnie Lewis in
"Shadowlands"
(film, 1993).
MARTHA HUDSON
COMING
SOON!
JOAN PLOWRIGHT
Best known as:
Mary in "Tea With Mussolini"
(film, 1999), Mrs. Fairfax in "Jane
Eyre" (film, 1996), and Masha in "Three
Sisters" (film, 1970).
JEAN SIMMONS
Best known as:
Miss Havisham in "Great
Expectations" (TV miniseries, 1990), Clarissa Main in "North
and South" (TV miniseries, 1985), Varinia in "Spartacus"
(film, 1960), and Sarah Brown in "Guys
and Dolls" (film, 1955).
COMING
SOON!
ROSALIE WILLIAMS
Best known as:
Martha Hudson in many BBC/Granada Holmes-related TV series and TV movies,
including "The
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" (TV series, 1994) and Mrs. Dysart in "The
Racing Game" (TV miniseries, 1979).
VERONICA BEACONSFIELD
JENNIFER EHLE
Best known as:
Rosemary Leighton-Jones in "Paradise
Road" (film, 1997), Constance Lloyd in "Wilde"
(film, 1997), Elizabeth Bennett in "Pride
and Prejudice" (TV miniseries, 1995), and Cynthia Powell in "Backbeat"
(film, 1993).
MYCROFT HOLMES
ANTHONY HOPKINS
Best known as:
Zorro/Don Diego de la Vega in "The
Mask of Zorro" (film, 1998), Richard Nixon in "Nixon"
(film, 1995), Stevens in "The
Remains of the Day" (film, 1993), C.S. Lewis in "Shadowlands"
(film, 1993), and Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter in "The
Silence of the Lambs" (film, 1991).
PETER WIMSEY
RUPERT EVERETT
Best known as:
Oberon in "A
Midsummer Night's Dream" (film, 1999), Christopher Marlowe in "Shakespeare
in Love" (film, 1998), George Downes in "My
Best Friend's Wedding" (film, 1997), and the Prince of Wales in "The
Madness of King George" (film, 1994).
SABINE BARING-GOULD
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
Best known as:
Barrymore in "Barrymore" (Broadway and London original casts),
Dr. Goines in "Twelve
Monkeys" (film, 1995), Sherlock Holmes in "Murder
By Decree" (film, 1979), Sherlock Holmes in "Silver
Blaze" (TV film, 1979), and Captain Von Trapp in "The
Sound of Music" (film, 1965).
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