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Jane Eyre (1963 TV series)

Jane Eyre
Opening title
Genre	Historical drama
Based on	Jane Eyre byCharlotte Brontë
Written by	Constance Cox
Directed by	Rex Tucker
Starring	Ann Bell Richard Leech
Composer	Tristram Cary
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	6 (2 missing)
Production
Producer	Douglas Allen
Running time	25 minutes
Production company	BBC
Original release
Network	BBC One
Release	7 April (1963-04-07) – 12 May 1963 (1963-05-12)

Jane Eyre is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1963.^[1] It is an adaptation of the 1847 novel of the same titlebyCharlotte Brontë.^[2] Episodes 2 and 3 are missing, believed lost.^[3]

Cast[edit]

• Ann BellasJane Eyre
• Richard LeechasMr. Rochester
• Elsie Arnold as Mrs. Fairfax
• Stephanie Bidmead as Leah
• Nan Marriott-Watson as Grace Poole
• Elaine Pratt as Adèle
• Hira Talfrey as Mrs. Rochester
• Patricia Cree as Mary Ingram
• Brenda Dean as Mary Rivers
• William Devlin as Mr. Briggs
• Sonia Dresdel as Mrs. Reed
• Jane Eccles as Lady Ingram
• Alan Edwards as Lord Ingram
• Betty Hardy as Hannah
• Anthony Jacobs as Mr. Mason
• Arthur Lawrence as Colonel Dent
• Justine Lord as Blanche Ingram
• William Russell as St. John Rivers
• Penny Whittam as Diana Rivers
• Elizabeth Benzimra as Alice
• Michael Bilton as Landlord
• Rachel Clay as Jane Eyre as a child
• Mark Dignam as Mr. Brocklehurst
• Arthur Hewlett as Clergyman
• Marie Kean as Miss Miller
• Tonie MacMillan as Mrs. Brocklehurst
• Kika Markham as Helen Burns
• Jane Merrow as Rosamund Oliver
• Leonard Trolley as Doctor
• Margot Van der Burgh as Miss Temple
• Ann Way as Bessie
• Meadows White as John
• Joan Young as Nurse

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• Klossner, Michael. The Europe of 1500-1815 on Film and Television: A Worldwide Filmography of Over 2550 Works, 1895 Through 2000. McFarland & Company, 2002.

External links[edit]

• Jane EyreatIMDb