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The Dresser

The Dresser

Drama

1h 58m

December 6, 1983 (41 years ago)

Overview

In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.

ActorAge thenAge now
Albert Finney

Albert Finney

Sir

Birthday: May 9, 1936

47 February 7, 2019 (82)
Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Norman

Birthday: February 25, 1937

4688
Edward Fox

Edward Fox

Oxenby

Birthday: April 13, 1937

4688
Zena Walker

Zena Walker

Her Ladyship

Birthday: March 7, 1934

49 August 24, 2003 (69)
Eileen Atkins

Eileen Atkins

Madge

Birthday: June 16, 1934

4991
Michael Gough

Michael Gough

Frank Carrington

Birthday: November 23, 1916

67 March 17, 2011 (94)
Cathryn Harrison

Cathryn Harrison

Irene

Birthday: May 25, 1959

24 October 1, 2018 (59)
Betty Marsden

Betty Marsden

Violet Manning

Birthday: February 24, 1919

64 July 18, 1998 (79)
Sheila Reid

Sheila Reid

Lydia Gibson

Birthday: December 21, 1937

4587
Lockwood West

Lockwood West

Geoffrey Thornton

Birthday: July 28, 1903

80 July 28, 1989 (86)