Nonetheless, she does her best to enforce Presbyterian values on Louise-a job that grows increasingly difficult as their train makes its way east. In many ways, she is less worldly wise than her fifteen-year-old ward. She has her own reasons to sign on as Louise’s minder. Shown from left to right: Elizabeth McGovern and Géza Röhrig in The ChaperoneĮnter a family friend, Norma, who is the middle-aged mother of twin grown-up sons and the wife of an emotionally distant local attorney (Scott). Denis (Otto) and Ted Shawn (Fairchild), Louise requires a chaperone for her journey from staid Middle America to the Gatsby-like glory of the big city. Winning a place at the renowned Denishawn Dance Company in New York City, run by Ruth St. Telling the fictionalized backstory of real-life silent-screen star Louise Brooks, The Chaperone begins in 1922, when Brooks is a teenage modern-dance sensation in her hometown, Wichita, Kansas. The cast also includes Victoria Hill ( First Reformed), Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul), Campbell Scott (House of Cards), Blythe Danner (Will & Grace), Miranda Otto ( Homeland, The Lord of the Rings), and New York City Ballet principal dancer Robert Fairchild. McGovern ( Downton Abbey, Ordinary People) stars as Norma Carlisle, the diffident chaperone to fellow Kansan, Louise Brooks, destined to become a 1920s sex symbol, played by co-star Haley Lu Richardson ( Split). Shown from left to right: Géza Röhrig and Elizabeth McGovern in The Chaperone The Chaperone is a co-production of MASTERPIECE, PBS, FIBONACCI FILMS, ANONYMOUS CONTENT and ROSE PICTURES. The Chaperone is the inaugural production of MASTERPIECE FILMS, a movie-making spinoff of the multi-award-winning drama series, which is nearing its 50th anniversary. Portraying a Jazz-age quest for personal fulfillment by two markedly different women, the 90-minute program premieres on MASTERPIECE, Sunday, Novemat 9pm ET on PBS after a successful theatrical run.
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The star, writer, and director of Downton Abbey the series and film reunite in The Chaperone, based on Laura Moriarty’s best-selling novel and featuring actress Elizabeth McGovern, screenwriter Julian Fellowes, and director Michael Engler. Shown: Haley Lu Richardson in The Chaperone Elizabeth McGovern and Haley Lu Richardson star in a captivating drama scripted by Julian Fellowes
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