The Duchess
by Amanda Foreman
'The Duchess', starring Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Charlotte Rampling and Dominic Cooper, based on the life of Duchess Georgiana (1757-1806), wife of the 5th Duke of Devonshire.
Watch the trailer (full screen)
Characters:
Still from the film The Duchess and information from the book, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire
- Georgiana, played by Keira Knightley
- The Duke, played by Ralph Fiennes
- Charles Grey, played by Dominic Cooper
- Lady Elizabeth Foster, played by Hayley Atwell
- Lady Spencer, played by Charlotte Rampling
- Charles James Fox, played by Simon McBurney
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan, played by Aiden McArdle
The Duchess:
- Filming ‘The Duchess’ at Kedleston Hall
A personal account by Amanda Foreman - On-set report: The Duchess
Telegraph article on the filming of The Duchess
Excerpts from the Book Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire:
Further Information:
- How Fergie and the Duchess in the hit movie are directly related through an illegitimate child (PDF)
- How do you solve a problem like Georgiana?
- How to get dressed: tailoring
- Amanda Foreman at the London premiere
- Georgiana's Medical File
- Eighteenth Century Politics
- High Society by Lucy Moore
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