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Tuesday, January 08, 2002

You Can't Tell The Players Without A Program.
My Friends at the General Cinema Premium Cinema sent me a little cheat sheet to help you keep the 29 characters of Gosford Park in order.

The Aristocrats:
Maggie Smith -- Constance, the crusty Countess of Trentham
Kelly Macdonald -- Mary Maceachrean, Constance's young Irish maid

Michael Gambon -- Sir William McCordle, lofty owner of Gosford Park and
Husband of Sylvia
Kristin Scott Thomas -- Lady Sylvia McCordle, Sir William's alluring wife
Camilla Rutherford -- Isobel McCordle, William and Sylvia's daughter who has
captured the heart of a married man

Charles Dance -- Raymond, Lord Stockbridge, Husband of Louisa
Geraldine Somerville -- Louisa, Lady Stockbridge, sister of Lady McCordle
(Kristin Scott Thomas)
Clive Owen -- Robert Parks, Sir Raymond's handsome valet

Tom Hollander -- Lt. Com. Anthony Meredith, Husband of Lavinia
Natasha Wightman -- Lady Lavinia Meredith, Wife of Anthony, siter of Lady
McCordle (Kristin Scott Thomas)
Adrian Scarborough -- Barnes, Anthony's valet

James Wilby -- Freddie Nesbitt, suffering from a disappearance of wealth
Claudie Blakley -- Mabel Nesbitt, Freddie's long-suffering wife who has no
servants. gasp!

Jeremy Northam --Ivor Novello, Sir William's cousin and dashing Hollywood
movie star
Bob Balaban -- telephone loving Morris Weissman, a film producer from LA
Ryan Phillippe -- Henry Denton, Morris Weissman's valet

Laurence Fox -- Lord Rupert Standish -- a minor and late arrival with Jeremy
Blond
Trent Ford -- Jeremy Blond

The Servants:
Alan Bates -- Jennings the butler
Helen Mirren -- Mrs. Wilson, the alert and shrewd housekeeper
Eileen Atkins -- Mrs. Croft, the angry cook who hates Mrs. Wilson
Emily Watson -- Elsie, the head maid
Richard E. Grant -- George, the head footman
Jeremy Swift -- Arthur, the second footman
Derek Jacobi -- Probert, Sir William's valet
Meg Wynn Owen -- Lewis, a maid
Sophie Thompson -- Dorothy, a still room maid
Theresa Crutcher --Bertha, the feisty full-figured laundry maid

Stephen Fry -- Inspector Thompson

imdb has the cast listed in credits order with links, if you're really interested.