Top Billed Cast

Pauline Collins
Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Tom Conti
Costas Demitriadis
Julia McKenzie
Gillian
Alison Steadman
Jane
Joanna Lumley
Marjorie Majors
Sylvia Syms
Headmistress
Bernard Hill
Joe Bradshaw
George Costigan
Dougie
Anna Keaveney
Jeanette
Tracie Bennett
Millandra
Ken Sharrock
Sydney
Karen Craig
Thelma
Gareth Jefferson
Brian
Gillian Kearney
Young Shirley
Catherine Duncan
Young Marjorie
Cardew Robinson
Londoner
Honora Burke
Londoner's Wife
Marc Zuber
Renos
Deborah Yhip
Sharon-Louise
John Hartley
German Tourist
Marlene Morley
German Tourist
Annee Blott
Chambermaid
Matthew Long
Male Teacher
Ruth Russell
Veronica
Sarah Nolan
Maureen
Diane Whitley
Liz
Joanne Zorian
Carol
Geraldine Griffiths
Sally
Elaine Boisseau
Woman in Taverna
Giorgos Xidakis
Spiro
Sheila Aza
Cooking Teacher
Ray Armstrong
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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jul 03 2022

Willy Russell adapted his own play for this tour de force from Pauline Collins as the bored housewife who spends much of her time at home guzzling wine and talking to the wall before her husband (Bernard Hill) comes home from work for his supper at 6pm prompt! When her friend "Jane" (Alison Steadman) wins an holiday on Mykonos for a fortnight, she invites "Shirley" to accompany her. She initially dithers but luckily a visit from her rather selfish daughter "Millandra" (Tracie Bennett) convinces her to head to the sunshine after all. Her pal doesn't even make it off the plane before she pulls, a...