Overview - Sense and Sensibility

Overview

The Dashwood sisters, sensible Elinor and passionate Marianne, whose chances at marriage seem doomed by their family's sudden loss of fortune. When Henry Dashwood dies unexpectedly, his estate must pass on by law to his son from his first marriage, John and wife Fanny. But these circumstances leave Mr. Dashwood's current wife, and daughters Elinor, Marianne and Margaret, without a home and with barely enough money to live on. As Elinor and Marianne struggle to find romantic fulfillment in a society obsessed with financial and social status, they must learn to mix sense with sensibility in their dealings with both money and men.

Cast

• Name: Emma Thompson

  Character: Elinor Dashwood

  Popularity: 30.403

  

• Name: Kate Winslet

  Character: Marianne Dashwood

  Popularity: 40.586

  

• Name: Alan Rickman

  Character: Colonel Christopher Brandon

  Popularity: 18.24

  

• Name: Hugh Grant

  Character: Edward Ferrars

  Popularity: 20.01

  

• Name: Gemma Jones

  Character: Mrs. Dashwood

  Popularity: 14.317

  

• Name: Greg Wise

  Character: John Willoughby

  Popularity: 5.814

  

• Name: Elizabeth Spriggs

  Character: Mrs. Jennings

  Popularity: 6.677

  

• Name: Imogen Stubbs

  Character: Lucy Steele

  Popularity: 4.542