Notorious Woman

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Notorious Woman
Genre	Television drama
Written by	Harry W. Junkin
Directed by	Waris Hussein
Starring	Rosemary Harris George Chakiris Jeremy Irons
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7
Production
Producer(s)	Peter Rogers
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC2
Original airing	3 November 1974
External links
IMDb profile

Notorious Woman was a 1974 BBC television serial based on the life of French author George Sand. It starred Rosemary Harris in the title role. The seven episodes were written by Harry W. Junkin and directed by Waris Hussein.

In the United States, the series was broadcast in 1975-1976 as part of the fifth season of Masterpiece Theatre on PBS ^[1].

Contents 1 Principal cast 2 Awards and nominations 3 External links 4 References 5 Notes

[edit] Principal cast

• Rosemary Harris - George Sand
• Lewis Fiander - Casimir Dudevant
• George Chakiris -Frédéric Chopin
• Alan Howard - Prosper Merimée
• Jeremy Irons - Franz Liszt
• Peter Woodthorpe - Honoré de Balzac
• Shane Briant - Alfred de Musset
• Sinéad Cusack - Marie Dorval
• Jonathan Newth - Hippolyte Chatiron
• Joyce Redman - Sophie Dupin
• Cathleen Nesbitt- Madame Dupin

[edit] Awards and nominations

• 1976 Emmy Award: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series, Rosemary Harris
• 1976 Golden Globe Nomination: Best TV Actress in a Drama, Rosemary Harris

[edit] External links

• Notorious Woman at Internet Movie Database

[edit] References

• The New York Times. "TV: Notorious Woman", November 20, 1975
• The New York Times. "The ' 75 Season - A Few Nuggets Amid the Dross", December 28, 1975
• Schor, Naomi. George Sand and Idealism. Gender and culture. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.

[edit] Notes