Act of Will

1989 - 1989

4.6 (5)

50 min

1 season, 4 episodes

No trailer available

Three beautiful women – grandmother, mother and daughter – struggle bravely through five eventful decades of hidden love, high drama and sudden death. From 1926 to present day, from the Yorkshire Dales to London, Paris and New York, how each woman commits an act of will that changes their life and world. Based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's 1986 novel of the same name.

Top Cast

Melanie Jessop as Laurette Crowther

Lynsey Baxter as Jane Sedgewick

Elizabeth Hurley as Christina

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