Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)

***Anne of the Thousand Days*** is a 1969 British period drama film based on the life of Anne Boleyn, directed by Charles Jarrott and produced by Hal B. Wallis. The screenplay by Bridget Boland and John Hale is an adaptation of the 1948 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson.

The film stars Richard Burton as King Henry VIII and Canadian actress Geneviève Bujold as Anne Boleyn. Irene Papas plays Catherine of Aragon, Anthony Quayle plays Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, and John Colicos plays Thomas Cromwell. Others in the cast include Michael Hordern, Katharine Blake, Peter Jeffrey, Joseph O'Conor, William Squire, Vernon Dobtcheff, Denis Quilley, Esmond Knight, and T.P. McKenna, who later played Henry VIII in *Monarch*. Burton's wife Elizabeth Taylor makes a brief, uncredited appearance.

## Shooting

* Filming was from July of 1969 - August 30th, 1969.

## Cast

* Richard Burton - King Henry VIII
* Geneviève Bujold - Anne Boleyn (as Genevieve Bujold)
* Irene Papas - Queen Catherine of Aragon
* Anthony Quayle - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey
* John Colicos - Thomas Cromwell
* Michael Hordern - Thomas Boleyn
* Katharine Blake - Elizabeth Boleyn
* Valerie Gearon - Mary Boleyn
* Michael Johnson - George Boleyn
* Peter Jeffrey - Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk
* Joseph O'Conor - Bishop John Fisher
* William Squire - Sir Thomas More
* Esmond Knight - Sir William Kingston
* Nora Swinburne - Lady Kingston
* Vernon Dobtcheff - Don Íñigo López de Mendoza y Zúñiga
* Brook Williams - Sir William Brereton
* Gary Bond - Mark Smeaton
* T.P. McKenna - Sir Henry Norris
* Denis Quilley - Sir Francis Weston
* Terence Wilton - Lord Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland
* Lesley Paterson - Jane Seymour
* Nicola Pagett - Princess Mary
* June Ellis - Bess
* Kynaston Reeves - Willoughby
* Marne Maitland - Cardinal Campeggio
* Cyril Luckham - Prior John Houghton
* Amanda Walker - Anne's Lady-in-Waiting
* Charlotte Selwyn - Anne's Lady-in-Waiting
* Elizabeth Counsell - Anne's Lady-in-Waiting
* Juliet Kempson - Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting
* Fiona Hartford - Catherine's Lady-in-Waiting
* Lilian Hutchins - Catherine's Spanish Lady-in-Waiting
* Ann Tirard - Catherine's Spanish Lady-in-Waiting (as Anne Tirard)
* Amanda Jane Smythe - Baby Elizabeth

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Peter Avella - Man in Tavern (uncredited)
* George Ballantine - Servant (uncredited)
* Hyma Beckley - Lord (uncredited)
* Jack 'Kid' Berg - Guard (uncredited)
* Kate Burton - Serving Maid (uncredited)
* Maxwell Craig - Guard (uncredited)
* Mabel Etherington - Lord (uncredited)
* Max Faulkner - Huntsman (uncredited)
* Ernest Fennemore - Guard (uncredited)
* Harry Fielder - Servant (uncredited)
* Hugh Futcher - Crowd Heckler (uncredited)
* Victor Harrington - Lord (uncredited)
* Lindsay Hooper - Bishop (uncredited)
* Juba Kennerley - Lord (uncredited)
* Eric Kent - Guard (uncredited)
* Aileen Lewis - Lady-In-Waiting (uncredited)
* Tommy Little - Torturer (uncredited)
* Fred Machon - Lord (uncredited)
* Mary Maxfield - Patrician (uncredited)
* Alan Meacham - Guard (uncredited)
* James Mellor - Scribe to Cromwell (uncredited)
* Terence Mountain - Executioner (uncredited)
* George Oliver - Secretary (uncredited)
* Harry Paris - Oarsman (uncredited)
* Dido Plumb - Lord (uncredited)
* Bunny Seaman - Lady-In-Waiting (uncredited)
* Jack Sharp - Monk (uncredited)
* Elizabeth Taylor - Masked Courtesan (uncredited)
* Royston Tickner - Messenger (uncredited)
* Rita Tobin-Weske - Midwife (uncredited)
* Liza Todd - Beggar Maid (uncredited)
* James Ure - Bishop (uncredited)
* Jerold Wells - Boleyn Axeman (uncredited)
* Fred Wood - Court Scribe (uncredited)