When a woman has the beauty men admire and women envy... it is wise to tread carefully.
In early 20th century New York City, an impoverished socialite desperately seeks a suitable husband as she gradually finds herself betrayed by her friends and exiled from high society.
- 6.1
- 2000
- Released
- 2h 15m
Gillian Anderson
Lily Bart
Dan Aykroyd
Augustus 'Gus' Trenor
Eleanor Bron
Mrs. Julia Peniston, Lily's Aunt
Terry Kinney
George Dorset
Anthony LaPaglia
Sim Rosedale
Laura Linney
Bertha Dorset
Jodhi May
Grace Julia Stepney
Elizabeth McGovern
Mrs. Carry Fisher
Eric Stoltz
Lawrence Selden
Penny Downie
Judy Trenor
Pearce Quigley
Percy Gryce
Helen Coker
Evie Van Osburgh
Mary MacLeod
Mrs. HaffenPaul Venables
Jack Stepney
Serena Gordon
Gwen Stepney
Lorelei King
Mrs. Hatch
Linda Marlowe
Madame ReginaAnne Marie Timoney
Miss Haines
Clare Higgins
Mrs. Bry
Ralph Riach
Lord Hubert Dacy
Brian Pettifer
Mr. Bry
Philippe De Grossouvre
Ned SilvertonTrevor Martin
Jennings, the ButlerDavid Ashton
Lawyer
Lesley Harcourt
Mattie Gormer
Mark Dymond
Paul MorpethPamela Dwyer
Edith FisherKate Wooldridge
Parlour MaidGraham Crammond
Clerk
Roy Sampson
Dorset ButlerAlyxis Daly
LandladyJoanne Bett
1st Millinery GirlMary Goonan
2nd Millinery GirlGowan Calder
3rd Millinery Girl
Morag Siller
4th Millinery GirlPaul Darroch
Butler (uncredited)
Released
en
$10,000,000.00
$5,164,404.00
- #new york city
- #based on novel or book
- #despair
- #loneliness
- #socialite
- #high society
- #social outcast
- #ostracism
- #class discrimination
- #1900s
- #social scandal
- #social prejudice
- #exiled
- #suicide by poison
- #betrayed by a friend
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“Lily” is a smart, charismatic and charming socialite who frequents the best houses in New York as the twentieth century beckons. She is not, however, a wealthy woman. She has a small annuity and is largely dependent on income from her aunt “Julia” (Eleanor Bron). She also has a penchant for bridge. The kind that sees gambling debts accrue! Finding herself in need of funds and feeling that she dar