Secrets & Lies
Drama
Release Date
May 24, 1996
Duration
142 min
Status
Released
Language
en
Overview
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Casts
Cynthia Rose Purley
Brenda Blethyn
Hortense Cumberbatch
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Maurice Purley
Timothy Spall
Monica Purley
Phyllis Logan
Roxanne Purley
Claire Rushbrook
Paul
Lee Ross
The Social Worker
Lesley Manville
Jane
Elizabeth Berrington
Dionne
Michele Austin
Stuart
Ron Cook
Hortense's Brother
Trevor Laird
Hortense's Brother
Brian Bovell
Girl with Scar
Emma Amos
Hortense's Sister in Law
Clare Perkins
Hortense's Nephew
Elias Perkins McCook
Senior Optician (as June Mitchell)
Jane Mitchell
Junior Optician
Janice Acquah
Girl in Opticians (as Keeley Flanders)
Keylee Jade Flanders
First Bride
Hannah Davis
First Bride's Father
Terence Harvey
Second Bride
Kate O'Malley
Groom
Joe Tucker
Vicar
Richard Syms
Best Man
Grant Masters
Mother in Family Group
Annie Hayes
Grandmother
Jean Ainslie
Nurse
Lucy Sheen
Young Mother
Frances Ruffelle
Potential Suitor
Nitin Ganatra
Conjuror
Metin Marlow
Raunchy Woman
Su Elliot
Raunchy Woman
Amanda Crossley
Raunchy Woman
Di Sherlock
Man in Suit
David Neilson
Man in Suit
Peter Waddington
Man in Suit
Peter Stockbridge
Graduate
Rachel Lewis
Grinning Husband
Paul Trussell
Fiance
Jonny Coyne
Uneasy Woman
Denise Orita
Elderly Lady
Margery Withers
Laughing Man
Gordon Winter
Daughter
Theresa Watson
Father in Family Group
Peter Wight
Boxer
Gary McDonald
Woman with Dog
Alison Steadman
Woman with Cat
Liz Smith
Fertile Mother
Sheila Kelley
Little Boy's Mother
Angela Curran
Pin Up Housewife
Linda Beckett
Man in Suit
Phil Davis
Glum Woman
Wendy Nottingham
Uneasy Man
Anthony O'Donnell
Laughing Woman
Ruth Sheen
Fiancee
Mia Soteriou
Man in Suit
Stephen Churchett
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