Star Quality

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Star Quality

1985

1h 15m

5.0(2 votes)

Comedy

Overview

Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical endeavour to her best advantage, meets her match when she must trust her success to an equally willful stage director.

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Production Companies

BBC

Masterpiece

Cast & Crew

17 members

Acting

Susannah York

Lorraine Barry

Susannah York

Acting

Ian Richardson

Ray Malcolm

Ian Richardson

Directing

Peter Chelsom

Bryan Snow

Peter Chelsom

Acting

David Yelland

Tony Orford

David Yelland

Acting

David Swift

J.C. Roebuck

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Acting

Pam Ferris

Marian Blake

Pam Ferris

Acting

Neville Barber

Gerald Wentworth

No Image

Acting

Tim Bannerman

Charles Hawkins

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Acting

Ben Aris

Eric Larch

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Acting

Jo Kendall

Linda Copeland

No Image

Acting

Amanda Donohoe

Understudy

Amanda Donohoe

Acting

Bill Ritchie

Understudy

No Image

Acting

Sidney Livingstone

Stage manager

Sidney Livingstone

Acting

Jonathan Lacey

Stage manager

No Image

Acting

Lucy Hancock

Stage manager

No Image

Acting

Aubrey Woods

Adrian Gurney

Aubrey Woods

Acting

Maggie Ollerenshaw

Usherette

Maggie Ollerenshaw

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