Film
The Lady in the Van
United Kingdom- Age rating
- M
- Director
- Nicholas Hytner
- Year
- 2015
A mostly true story
The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Top cast
Maggie Smith
Miss Shepherd
Alex Jennings
Alan Bennett
Frances de la Tour
Ursula Vaughan Williams
Gwen Taylor
Mam
Dominic Cooper
Theatre Actor
James Corden
Street Trader
Roger Allam
Rufus
Samuel Anderson
Jehovah's Witness
Dermot Crowley
Priest
Jim Broadbent
Underwood
Stephen Campbell Moore
Doctor
Eleanor Matsuura
American Journalist
Sacha Dhawan
Doctor Malik
Samuel Barnett
Donald
Deborah Findlay
Pauline
David Calder
Mr Fairchild
Elliot Levey
Theatre Director
Claire Foy
Lois, Social Worker
Directed by
Nicholas Hytner
Written by
Alan Bennett
Produced by
Damian Jones, Nicholas Hytner
