Starring Wendy Hiller

Starring Wendy Hiller

5 Episodes

British stage and screen legend Wendy Hiller was renowned for her supremely controlled, unsentimental performance style and her ability to imbue strong-willed heroines with intelligence and vigor. Though she concentrated primarily on theater for much of her career, Hiller left behind a small but treasured legacy on film, as seen in classics like the brilliant 1938 adaptation of PYGMALION (in which she starred at the insistence of playwright George Bernard Shaw), Powell and Pressburger’s sublime romantic comedy I KNOW WHERE I’M GOING!, and the acclaimed ensemble drama SEPARATE TABLES, for which she won an Academy Award for best supporting actress.

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Starring Wendy Hiller

5 Episodes

  • Starring Wendy Hiller Teaser
    01:13
    Starring Wendy Hiller Teaser
    Episode 1

    Starring Wendy Hiller Teaser

    Episode 1

  • Pygmalion
    1:35:55
    Pygmalion
    Episode 2

    Pygmalion

    Episode 2

    Directed by Anthony Asquith and Leslie Howard • 1938 • United Kingdom
    Starring Leslie Howard, Wendy Hiller

    Cranky Professor Henry Higgins (Leslie Howard) takes a bet that he can turn Cockney guttersnipe Eliza Doolittle (Wendy Hiller) into a “proper lady” in a mere six months in this delightful c...

  • Major Barbara
    2:01:00
    Major Barbara
    Episode 3

    Major Barbara

    Episode 3

    Directed by Gabriel Pascal • 1941 • United Kingdom

    Filmed in London in 1941, during the Blitz, Major Barbara emerged from a troubled production to become a major success for George Bernard Shaw and producer-director Gabriel Pascal. Pygmalion's Wendy Hiller returns, this time as one of Shaw's m...

  • I Know Where I’m Going!
    1:31:53
    I Know Where I’m Going!
    Episode 4

    I Know Where I’m Going!

    Episode 4

    Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger • 1945 • United Kingdom
    Starring Wendy Hiller, Roger Livesey

    In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s stunningly photographed comedy, romance flourishes in an unlikely place—the bleak and moody Scottish Hebrides. Wendy Hiller stars as a headstr...

  • The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
    1:56:45
    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
    Episode 5

    The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

    Episode 5

    Directed by Jack Clayton • 1987 • United Kingdom
    Starring Maggie Smith, Bob Hoskins, Wendy Hiller

    Maggie Smith delivers a tremendously moving performance as a woman grappling with loneliness, love, and faith in this sensitive character study adapted from the novel by Brian Moore. Middle-aged spi...

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