Lesley Manville’s career spans the last 40 years, but it’s really only in the last 20 years that she’s become a fixture in historical costume films. Today we take a brief tour of some of her more famous frock flick roles!
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
North and South (2004)
Agatha Christie’s Poirot (2005)
Cranford (2007)
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013)
The Christmas Candle (2013)
Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond (2014)
Mr. Turner (2014)
The Go-Between (2015)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Harlots (2017-2019)
World on Fire (coming to PBS in 2020)
What’s your favorite of Leslie Manville’s historical costume roles?
I really enjoyed her roles in “North and South”, “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” and “The Phantom Thread”. I’ve never seen “Harlots”.
Not historical in any way, (set in the present day) but check out “Mum” , it will break you heart and make you laugh like a drain………………she’s on my list of “worship and adore”
Definitely “Harlots” for me. Lydia is such a complexly monstrous character that I adore her. And despise her. Lesley OWNS the role.
She is awesome in Harlots. Scary, funny, scathing, sad and sympathetic, all at once. Amazing actress.
Topsy Turvy and Harlots
I first saw her in “North and South” and … suddenly she’s in a ton of things. Funny how you notice someone once and then see them in everything. ;)