Movie · 1995
Sense and Sensibility
“Lose your heart and come to your senses.”
Released 13 December 1995 136 min Drama / Romance More from 1995 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, learn that their prospects of marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. After Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son. These circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's wife and daughters without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.
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How old were they?
Robert Hardy
as Sir John Middleton
Elizabeth Spriggs
as Mrs. Jennings
Oliver Ford Davies
as Doctor Harris
Gemma Jones
as Mrs. Dashwood
Alan Rickman
as Colonel Christopher Brandon
Tom Wilkinson
as Mr. Dashwood
Harriet Walter
as Fanny Ferrars Dashwood
James Fleet
as John Dashwood
Imelda Staunton
as Charlotte Jennings Palmer
Emma Thompson
as Elinor Dashwood
Hugh Laurie
as Mr. Palmer
Hugh Grant
as Edward Ferrars
Imogen Stubbs
as Lucy Steele
Greg Wise
as John Willoughby
Kate Winslet
as Marianne Dashwood
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The numbers
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Robert Hardy — oldest on the call sheet
20Kate Winslet — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast