Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill Explained

Producer:	Andrew Brown
Executive Producer:	Stella Richman
Country:	United Kingdom
Num Series:	1
Num Episodes:	7

Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill is a British television period serial made by Thames Television and broadcast in 1974. It stars Lee Remick in the title role of Jennie Jerome, who became Lady Randolph Churchill. The series covers the time period from 1873 to 1921. In the United States, the series was aired as part of PBS' Great Performances.^[1]

The series was nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards at the 28th Primetime Emmy Awards, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series, and four BAFTA TV Awards. Remick was nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of Jennie Jerome and won both Golden Globe and BAFTA awards.

Cast

• Lee Remick as Jennie Jerome
  • Ronald Pickup as Lord Randolph Churchill Warren Clarke as Winston Churchill
• Cyril Luckham as Duke of Marlborough
• Jeremy Brett as Count Karel Kinsky
• Christopher Cazenove as George Cornwallis-West
• Joanna David as Princess Alexandra
• Thorley Walters as Edward, Prince of Wales
• Siân Phillips as Mrs. Patrick Campbell
• Zoë Wanamaker as John Oliver Hobbes
• Anna Fox as Clementine Churchill
• Rachel Kempson as Duchess of Marlborough
• Barbara Parkins as Leonie Jerome
• Dan O'Herlihy as Leonard Jerome
• Malcolm Stoddard as Jack Churchill
• Charles Kay as Montagu Phippen Porch
• Patrick Troughton as Benjamin Disraeli

Claire Adams as baby Winston Churchill

Episodes

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date

References

1. News: Brown . Les . Film on Welfare to Open Pbs Year . . 9 September 1975 . 5 April 2019 . 0362-4331.