The Lady in the Van
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Cast
Maggie Smith
as Miss Shepherd
Alex Jennings
as Alan Bennett
Frances de la Tour
as Ursula Vaughan Williams
Gwen Taylor
as Mam
Dominic Cooper
as Theatre Actor
James Corden
as Street Trader
Roger Allam
as Rufus
Samuel Anderson
as Jehovah's Witness
Dermot Crowley
as Priest
Jim Broadbent
as Underwood
Reviews
Reno
> According to her guidance, this is where it should go! Her legend continues. I was talking about Maggie Smith, she's 82 years old and still her performances can compete with younger generation actors. The story was narrated from someone's perspective about the role she played, that's why it's l...
CinemaSerf
As the writer himself acknowledges at the end, he's augmented this a little but most of it is already the stuff you couldn't make up! He buys a new home in a well-to-do street in London's Camden only to find the area "blighted" by a curmudgeonly and smelly old woman who lives out of her rusting old ...
