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The Lady with a Lamp

The Lady with a Lamp

Drama

1h 50m

September 22, 1951 (73 years ago)

Overview

Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.

ActorAge thenAge now
Anna Neagle

Anna Neagle

Florence Nightingale

Birthday: October 20, 1904

46 June 3, 1986 (81)
Michael Wilding

Michael Wilding

Sidney Herbert (Lord Herbert of Lea)

Birthday: July 23, 1912

39 July 8, 1979 (66)
Gladys Young

Gladys Young

Mrs. Bracebridge

Birthday: April 29, 1887

64 August 18, 1975 (88)
Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Lord Palmerston

Birthday: February 21, 1889

62 September 2, 1979 (90)
Julian D'Albie

Julian D'Albie

Mr. Bracebridge

Birthday: November 2, 1892

58 April 6, 1978 (85)
Edwin Styles

Edwin Styles

Mr. Nightingale

Birthday: January 13, 1899

52 December 20, 1960 (61)
Helen Shingler

Helen Shingler

Parthenope Nightingale

Birthday: August 29, 1919

32 October 8, 2019 (100)
Rosalie Crutchley

Rosalie Crutchley

Mrs. Sidney Herbert

Birthday: January 4, 1920

31 July 28, 1997 (77)
Maureen Pryor

Maureen Pryor

Sister Wheeler

Birthday: May 23, 1922

29 May 5, 1977 (54)
Mary Mackenzie

Mary Mackenzie

Nurse Johnson

Birthday: May 3, 1922

29 September 20, 1966 (44)