Nancy Astor (1982)

Nancy Astor was the American-born socialite and politician who became the first woman to take her seat in the House of Commons. This miniseries produced for BBC2 follows her journey from her early life in Virginia to her political career in Britain, including her marriage to Waldorf Astor and her struggles and triumphs as a Member of Parliament.

Nancy Astor

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as Phyllis Langhorne as Phyllis Brand

as Waldorf Astor

as Chiswell 'Chillie' Langhorne

as Robert Gould Shaw

Erick Ray Evans

Erick Ray Evans

as Nanaire Langhorne

as Harry Langhorne

Lillian Silverstone

Lillian Silverstone

as Irene Gibson

as Robert Brand

as Reverend Neve

as Lord Revelstoke

Marsha Fitzalan

Marsha Fitzalan

as Wissie Astor

Rosalind Knight

Rosalind Knight

as Margot Asquith

Annabelle Lanyon

Annabelle Lanyon

as Young Phyllis

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Seasons

Season 1

Miniseries

Episodes season 1

1x1

The longhornes of virginia
1x2

The gentleman from boston
1x3

Mr and mrs shaw
1x4

The passenger on the ocean liner
1x5

A house in buckinghamshire
1x6

The first lady
1x7

Scandals
1x8

Guest for the weekend
1x9

The last of the southern belles

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