CAST

Jennifer Saunders

Henry Wakefield
Richard Briers

Vernon Spatch
Mark Hadfield

Tom Newman
Nicholas Farrell

Carnforth Greville
Gerard Horan

Terry Du Bois
John Sessions

Fadge
Celia Imrie

Molly
Hetta Charnley

Nina
Julia Sawalha

Margaretta D'Arcy
Joan Collins

Nancy Crawford
Jennifer Saunders

Mortimer
Robert Hines

Tim
James D. White

Mrs. Branch
Ann Davies

Nina's Father
Edward Dewesbury

"I enjoyed having Joan Collins groveling to me" says Jennifer Saunders of her cameo role in A MIDWINTER'S TALE "but in other respects I found the film quite terrifying because it's very much an ensemble piece in which all the rest of the cast knew each other really well and I came in late in the day to do a small part - and in a Texan accent! Fortunately I had met Joan before and we were able to sit being nervous together."

Jennifer Saunders is half of one of Britain's most successful comedy duos, French and Saunders, and an original member of the iconoclastic Comic Strip team with whom she has appeared in numerous films and television specials.

She is also the creator and star of the international hit television show "Absolutely Fabulous" in which she plays Edina, fashion PR and mother from hell. Three series of the show ran on BBC-TV and its characters, including Joanna Lumley's drink-sodden Patsy, became household names in the UK. The first series won both a BAFTA and an Emmy, a feature film is in the pipeline and Roseanne has acquired the US television re-make rights.

With Dawn French, Jennifer wrote and starred in four hugely popular series of "French and Saunders." She also co-wrote and starred in "Girls on Top" with French and Ruby Wax.

In the theatre French and Saunders completed a sell-out tour of their show, "An Evening With French and Saunders" and starred together in the drama "Me and Mamie O'Rourke" at London's Strand Theatre.

Jennifer has recently completed a role in the new Muppet film, "The Muppet Treasure Island" in which she plays the feisty innkeeper, Mrs. Bluveridge.