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DRAMA

ROMANCE

When a humorous script-reader in her New York apartment sees an ad in the Saturday Review of Literature for a bookstore in London that does mail order, she begins a very special correspondence and friendship with Frank Doel, the bookseller who works at Marks & Co., 84 Charing Cross Road.

name	character
Jean De Baer	Maxine Stuart
Anne Bancroft	Helene Hanff
John Bardon	Labour Party Canvasser
Connie Booth	The Lady from Delaware
Rebecca Bradley	Sheila Doel, Aged 12
Kate Napier Brown	Mary Doel Aged 21
Danielle Burns	Cecily Farr's daughter
Lee Burns	Cecily Farr's son
Ronn Carroll	Businessman on Plane
Janet Dale	Joan Todd (Mrs) Secretary
David Davenport	Coronation Party Friend
Eleanor David	Cecily Farr
Judi Dench	Nora Doel
Maurice Denham	George Martin
Anne Dyson	Mrs. Boulton
James Eckhouse	Joey, the Dentist
Daniel Gerroll	Brian
Marty Glickman	Baseball Commentator
Max Harvey	Coronation Party Friend
Zoe Hodges	Mary Doel, Aged 4
Rupert Holliday-Evans	Coronation Party Friend
Anthony Hopkins	Frank P. Doel
Tom Isbell	Ed
Charles Lewsen	The Print Buyer
Betty Low	Maxine's Mom
Kevin McClarnon	Arresting Cop at Columbia
Michael John McGann	Maxine's Stage Manager
Ian McNeice	Bill Humphries
Wendy Morgan	Megan Wells
Gwen Nelson	Bill's Great Aunt
Roger Ostime	Stately Home Butler
Bernie Passeltiner	Willie, the Deli Owner
Freda Rogers	Coronation Party Friend
Mercedes Ruehl	Kay
J. Smith-Cameron	Ginny
Sam Stoneburner	New York Bookseller
Barbara Thorn	Sheila Doel Aged 29
Tony Todd	Demolition Workman

name
Helene Hanff	writer (original)
Geoffrey Helman	producer
David Hugh Jones	director
Kathy Li	writer (original)
James Roose-Evans	screenplay
Hugh Whitemore	screenplay

year	award	category	name
1987	BAFTA	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Anne Bancroft