The Balance of Nature
1983 British television drama film
- 14 August 1983 (1983-08-14)
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The Balance of Nature is a 1983 British television drama film directed by Paul Annett, starring Leslie Ash.
Outline
The film is about the beauty business, seen mostly through the eyes of a Cockney girl from a tower block. Dawn Winch (Leslie Ash) lives with her mother (Marianne Stone) and works in a West End beauty parlour. She has aspirations to win the Miss United Kingdom competition, but finds that the beauty queen game is more of a jungle than she foresaw.[3]
Cast
- Leslie Ash as Dawn Winch
- Philip Bretherton as Spencer Fairfax
- Juliet Hammond as Natasha
- Sandy Ratcliff as Julie
- David Freedman as Gregore
- Marianne Stone as Dawn's mother
- Hetty Baynes as Blanche
- Francis Lloyd as Neville
- Valerie Testa as Organiser
- Sylvia Barter as Countess
- Pamela Miles as Brenda
Notes
- ^ “Annett, Paul”, in Harris M. Lentz III, Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2017, p. 11
- ^ a b The Balance of Nature[dead link] at bfi.org.uk/films, accessed 25 April 2020
- ^ a b ”The Diary: will Colin consider it?” in The Stage (London, England), Thursday 05 May 1983, p. 15
External links
- The Balance of Nature at IMDb
