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Writers:
James Goldman (writer)
Michael Korda (novel)
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Release Date:
10 May 1987 (USA) more
Plot:
A half-caste beauty emigrates from India to Great Britain, pursues fame and fortune at the cost of personal happiness, and becomes a Hollywood movie star while suppressing the truth of her heritage. | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Melodramatic, but quite entertaining more (8 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Joss Ackland | ... | Sir Burton Rumsey |
 | Martin Balsam | ... | Marty |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Vicky Kelley |
| Gary Cady | ... | Lucien Chambrun |
| Kate Emma Davies | ... | Young Queenie |
 | Alison Doody | ||
 | Kirk Douglas | ... | David Konig |
| Serena Gordon | ... | Prunella Rumsey |
| Joel Grey | ... | Aaron Diamond |
| Leigh Lawson | ... | Uncle Morgan |
| Sarah Miles | ... | Lady Sybil |
 | Albert Moses | ... | Inspector Gopal |
| Tom Owen | ||
| Geoffrey Rose | ... | Mr. Pugh |
 | Mia Sara | ... | Queenie Kelly / Dawn Avalon |
| Topol | ... | Dimitri Goldner |
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Brazil:236 min | USA:233 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Iceland:12 | Norway:16 (video premiere)
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Based upon the life of Merle Oberon. Her first husband was Alexander Korda, uncle of Michael Korda who wrote the movie. more
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Version of The Trouble with Merle (2002) more
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Queenie (1987) (TV)| Recent Posts (updated daily) | User |
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| Mia Sara Was Beautiful and Great in this Role | Mister_logan5 |
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Based on Michael Korda's bestselling interpretation of the life of legendary movie star (and his aunt) Merle Oberon, this 1987 mini-series chronicles the life of a young Eurasian woman (Mia Sara) who flees India to England, where she hides the truth of her past (including her role in the accidental death of an important British official back in India) to become a famous movie star. The script for "Queenie" is extremely melodramatic, and the time frame doesn't seem quite accurate (in part II, Queenie returns to India to make a movie that one character describes as "more expensive than Gone with the Wind"--meaning she and a large British-American entourage are trapsing across the globe to make a movie at the height of World War II!!!), but the show is quite lavish and, thanks to an energetic cast--especially the lovely Miss Sara--quite entertaining. There's also a fine score by Georges Delarue. Worth seeing if you come across it on television--I'd love to have it on DVD.