Seeing English actress Lucy Cohu in the recent Dangerous Liaisons reminded me that 1) I like her as an actress! and 2) I’ll bet she’s been in more frock flicks than I realize (I was right)! Let’s run her down:
Marianne Deroulard in Poirot: “The Chocolate Box” (1993)
Because every British actor is contractually obligated to guest in Poirot and Marple.
Isabel Fischel in The Dwelling Place (1994)
An adaptation of a Catherine Cookson novel that’s set in the 1830s.
This is surprisingly pretty, although I feel like those sleeve caps need more gathers or pleats.
She’s a member of an aristocratic family, and based on this image, I think she’s a bitch. EXCELLENT hair accessories.
Lottie in Gosford Park (2001)
She’s got a small part as a kitchen servant in the 1930s-set murder mystery.
I had to DIG DEEP to find any pics. Unfortunate hair is unfortunate.
She’s in the middle row, far right.
Princess Margaret in The Queen’s Sister (2005)
A TV movie about the younger, glamorous (and semi-black sheep) sister of Queen Elizabeth II.
Gorgeously 1950s!
LOVE that neckline.
SO glam!
Theo Dane in Ballet Shoes (2007)
Cohu plays an “impractical dance teacher” who lives with the main characters, three sisters who take up dancing during the 1930s.
Eliza de Feuillide in Becoming Jane (2007)
She plays Jane Austen’s glamorous sister-in-law, an Englishwoman who married a French army captain/count but had to move back to England after the French Revolution.
Feuillide (left) is more fabulously dressed than everyone else, but it’s because she’s 10 years out-of-date, which reads great visually unless you understand she’s totally wearing dated clothes.
She gets stripes!
Redingotes!
PUGS
Mileva Einstein in Einstein and Eddington (2008)
Mileva was the first wife of Albert Einstein.
Pat Fortescue in Marple: “A Pocketful of Rye” (2008)
See above re: contractually obligated.
Arthur’s Foster Mother in Camelot (2011)
She’s got a bit part in this King Arthur TV series.
Looks like things don’t go well.
Circe in Atlantis (2013)
The ancient Greek enchantress/minor goddess. Looks like she’s pretty evil in this version.
I like how sea-witchy this is!
Deborah Goren in Ripper Street (2012-16)
She’s the head of a Jewish orphanage in this TV series set just after the Jack the Ripper murders.
That’s a lovely blouse with great pleating.
Anais Nin in The Erotic Adventures of Anais Nin (2015)
A TV docudrama about the legendary author.
Madame Maigret in Maigret (2016-17)
A mid-1950s-France-set detective series starring Rowan Atkinson.
Great prints!
Miriam Petrukhin in Summer of Rockets (2019)
A Cold War-era British TV series about a Russian-born Jewish inventor living in England who is given a secret mission by MI5.
(C) Little Island Productions – Photographer: Ollie Upton
Christine de Sevigny in Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
She’s the semi-schemey mother trying to marry her daughter off to someone rich/powerful.
She gets great hair and pretty dresses!
Which is your favorite of Lucy Cohu’s frock flick performances?
Not sure about that purple dress in The Dwelling Place. Did that shade exist in the 1830’s?
I did a double take with one of the Dangerous Liaisons photos. Tight, wrinkle free sleeve in a skin colored shade made me think her gown was sleeveless.
So did I!
I always have to check she isn’t Gillian Anderson. She looks great in hats.
Does anyone else watch frock flicks for accessories like pugs? LOL
They’re the best accessories! :)
Wow, she’s really striking! I’ve seen a few of these, but I didn’t really check for this actress. So, of course, I’ll have to go with my fave film out of this bunch, which is the excellent Gosford Park. That said, I’m one of ten people on planet earth who advocate for Camelot by Starz. I mean, it’s worth a watch. It was very entertaining and, as far as Arthurian tales go, it was by no means the worst offering. And you’re right, things did not go well for her character.
I loved The Queen’s Sister even it was a bit of a hatchet job.
I love everything she does, she is one of the most beautiful and sensuous actresses ever.