William Makepeace Thackeray Filmography

Born:: July 18, 1811 in Calcutta, India
Occupation:: Book Author

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Vanity Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Geraldine McEwan, Reese Witherspoon, Romola Garai, James Purefoy, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Rhys Ifans, Gabriel Byrne, Jim Broadbent, Bob Hoskins, Ruth Sheen

Synopsis: William Makepeace Thackeray's witty assessment of the British class system, as seen through the experiences of one young woman, is brought to the screen with some serious star power in this period comedy drama. Becky Sharp (Reese Witherspoon) is a bright and ambitious girl born to a poor British Read More

9/1/04
Vanity Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Natasha Little

Synopsis: Though not the most ambitious British TV adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's 19th century novel Vanity Fair, this six-part BBC1 version was arguably the most expensive and elaborate. Natasha Little was cast as scheming country lass Becky Sharp, who managed to climb to the top of the Read More

1998
Vanity Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Eve Matheson

Synopsis: Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray's once-controversial novel about the ambitious and amoral country lass Becky Sharp, has been adapted for British television on a number of occasions. This version, telecast by the BBC in 1987, was the most ambitious to date, running a full 16 half-hour Read More

1987
Barry Lyndon

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Ryan O'Neal, Marisa Berenson, Patrick Magee, Hardy Kruger, Gay Hamilton

Synopsis: With ornate imagery reminiscent of paintings from the story's 18th century period, Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray's novel depicts the rise and fall of a sensitive rogue in the British aristocracy. Young Irishman Redmond Barry (Ryan O'Neal) leaves home to seek his Read More

1975
Vanity Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Susan Hampshire, Roy Marsden, Barbara Couper, Robert Flemyng, Marilyn Taylerson

Synopsis: Previously adapted for British television in 1957, William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel Vanity Fair underwent the miniseries treatment for a second time in 1967 as the first BBC drama filmed in color. Susan Hampshire headed the cast as the vixenish Becky Sharp, a poor farm girl who rose Read More

1967
Becky Sharp

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Miriam Hopkins, Cedric Hardwicke, Nigel Bruce, Billie Burke, Frances Dee, Alan Mowbray, Alison Skipworth

Synopsis: Now famous as the first feature film produced in the three-strip Technicolor process, Becky Sharp is also an enjoyable effort in its own right. Adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair, the film stars Miriam Hopkins as Becky Sharp, a resourceful, totally self-involved young lady who Read More

1935
Vanity Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent, Walter Byron, Anthony Bushell

Synopsis: First filmed in 1911, William Makepeace Thackeray's satirical novel Vanity Fair has undergone several cinemadaptations, most memorably as the pioneering Technicolor feature Becky Sharp (1935). This 1932 version is perhaps the least known, probably because it has been updated to the 20th century Read More

1932
Vanity Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Minnie Maddern Fiske

Synopsis: Legendary stage star Minnie Maddern Fiske made her screen debut in the 1913 version of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the D'Ubervilles. Unfortunately, on that occasion the camera ventured too close to Fiske, rather cruelly revealing that she was no spring chicken. Thus, when the actress gamely stepped Read More

1915
Vanity Fair

Crew: Book Author

Actors: Helen Gardner

1911