The Brontë Sisters

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996); directed by Mike Barker; BBC

Starring:

• Gilbert Markham = Toby Stephens
• Helen = Tara Fitzgerald
• Mr. Lawrence = James Purefoy
• Reverend Millward = Kenneth Cranham
• Huntingdon = Rupert Graves
• Rachel = Sarah Badel
• Arthur = Jackson Leach

Jane Eyre (2011); directed by Cary Fukunaga; Focus Features
Starring: 

• Jane Eyre = Mia Wasikowska
• Edward Rochester = Michael Fassbender
• Adele = Romy Settbon Moore
• Mrs. Fairfax =  Judi Dench
• Mrs. Reed = Sally Hawkins
• Blanche Ingram = Imogen Poots
• Bertha Mason = Valentina Cervi
• Grace Pool = Rosie Cavaliero
• St. John Rivers = Jamie Bell

Jane Eyre (2006); directed by Sussanna White; BBC

Starring:

• Jane Eyre = Ruth Wilson
• Edward Rochester = Toby Stephens
• Adele = Cosima Littlewood
• Mrs. Fairfax = Lorraine Ashbourne
• Mrs. Reed = Tara Fitzgerald
• Blanche Ingram = Christina Cole
• Bertha Mason = Claudia Coulter
• Grace Pool =Pam Ferris
• St. John Rivers = Andrew Buchan

Jane Eyre (1997); directed by Robert Young; A & E Television Networks/ London Weekend Television

Starring:

• Jane Eyre = Samantha Morton
• Edward Rochester = Ciaran Hinds
• Adele = Timia Berthome
• Mrs. Fairfax = Gemma Jones
• Mrs. Reed = Deborah Findlay
• Blanche Ingram = Abigail Cruttenden
• Bertha Mason = Sophie Reissner
• Grace Poole = Val McLane
• St. John Rivers = Rupert Penry-Jones

 

Jane Eyre(1996); directed by Frano Zeffirelli; Miramax

Starring:

• Jane Eyre = Charlotte Gainsbourg
• Edward Rochester = William Hurt
• Adele = Josephine Serre
• Mrs. Fairfax = Joan Plowright
• Mrs. Reed = Fiona Shaw
• Blanche Ingram = Elle Macpherson
• Bertha Mason = Maria Schneider
• Grace Pool = Billie Whitelaw
• St. John Rivers = Samuel West

Jane Eyre (1983); directed by Julian Amyes; BBC

Starring:

• Jane Eyre = Zelah Clarke
• Edward Rochester = Timothy Dalton
• Adele = Blance Youinou
• Mrs. Fairfax = Jean Harvey
• Mrs. Reed = Judy Cornwell
• Blanche Ingram = Mary Tamm
• Bertha Mason = Joolia Cappleman
• Grace Pool = Carol Gillies
• St. John Rivers = Andrew Bicknell

Jane Eyre (1973); directed by Joan Craft; BBC

Starring:

• Jane Eyre = Sorcha Cusak
• Edward Rochester = Michael Jayston
• Adele = Isabelle Rosin
• Mrs. Fairfax = Megs Jenkins
• Mrs. Reed = Jean Harvey
• Grace Pool = Zara Jaber

Jane Eyre (1944); directed by Robert Stevenson; Twentieth-Century Fox

Starring: 

• Jane Eyre = Joan Fontaine
• Edward Rochester = Orson Wells
• Adele = Margret O’Brian
• Mrs. Fairfax = Edith Barrett
• Mrs. Reed = Agnes Moorehead
• Blanche Ingram = Hillary Brooke
• Grace Poole = Ethel Griffies
• St. John Rivers = John Sutton

Jane Eyre (1934); directed by Christy Cabanne; Monogram Pictures Corporation

Starring: 

• Jane Eyre = Virginia Bruce
• Edward Rochester = Colin Clive
• Adele = Edith Fellows
• Mrs. Fairfax = Beryl Mercer
• Mrs. Reed = Clarissa Selwynne
• Blanche Ingram = Aileen Pringle
• Bertha Mason = Claire Du Brey
• Grace Pool = Ethel Griffies
• St. John Rivers = Desmond Roberts

Wuthering Heights (2009); directed by Coky Geidroyc; Mammoth Productions

Starring:

• Catherine Earnshaw = Charlotte Riley
• Heathcliff = Tom Hardy
• Edgar Linton = Andrew Lincoln
• Isabella Linton = Rosalind Halstead
• Nelly Dean = Sarah Lancashire
• Hindley Earnshaw = Burn Gorman
• Hareton = Andrew Hawley
• Linton = Tom Payne
• Young Cathy = Rebecca Night

Wuthering Heights (1992); directed by Peter Kosminsky; Paramount Pictures

Starring: 

• Catherine Earnshaw = Juliette Binoche
• Heathcliff = Ralph Fiennes
• Edgar Linton = Simon Shepherd
• Isabella Linton = Sophie Ward
• Nelly Dean = Janet McTeer
• Hindley Earnshaw = Jeremy Northam
• Hareton = Jason Riddington
• Linton = Jonathan Firth
• Young Cathy = Juliette Binoche

Wuthering Heights (1998); directed by David Skynner; London Weekend Television/WGBH

Starring:

• Catherine Earnshaw = Orla Brady
• Heathcliff = Robert Cavanah
• Edgar Linton = Crispin Bonham-Carter
• Isabella Linton = Flora Montgomery
• Nelly Dean = Polly Hemingway
• Hindley Earnshaw = Ian Shaw
• Hareton = Matthew Macfadyen
• Linton = William Mannering
• Young Cathy = Sarah Smart

Wuthering Heights (1970); directed by Robert Fuest; American International Pictures

Starring:

• Catherine Earnshaw = Anna Calder-Marshall
• Heathcliff = Timothy Dalton
• Edgar Linton = Ian Ogilvy
• Isabella Linton = Hilary Heath
• Nelly Dean = Judie Cornwell
• Hindley Earnshaw = Julian Glover

Wuthering Heights (1939); directed William Wyler; The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Starring:

• Catherine Earnshaw = Merle Oberon
• Heathcliff = Laurence Olivier
• Edgar Linton = David Niven
• Isabella Linton = Geraldine Fitzgerald
• Nelly Dean = Flora Robson
• Hindley Earnshaw = Hugh Williams

**Below are two adaptations of Wide Sargasso Sea, the prequel to Jane Eyre written by Jean Rhys**

Wide Sargasso Sea (2006); directed by Brendan Maher; Acorn Media
Starring:

• Edward Rochester = Rafe Spall
• Antoinette Cosway = Rebecca Hall
• Christophene = Nina Sosanya
• Amelie = Lorraine Burroughs
• Aunt Cora = Victoria Hamilton
• Richard Mason = Alex Robertson
• Daniel Mason = Fraser Ayres