I've never understood most of Julie Harris' nominations.Reza wrote:Never understood why Julie Harris got an Emmy nod for this. I don't recall her but Phyllis Calvert played Queen Mary and usually she was always good, even in small roles.Big Magilla wrote:The Woman He Loved (1988) Charles Jarrott 6/10
Jane Seymour and Anthony Andrews do credible imitations of the pair but Olivia de Havilland, Julie Harris and others are wasted in support.
As for Phyllis Calvert, she's only in two scenes and nowhere near as impressive as Eileen Herlie in 1972's The Woman I Love with Richard Chamberlain and Faye Dunaway or Peggy Ashcroft in 1978's Edward & Mrs. Simpson with Edward Fox and Cynthia Harris.
Another impressive Queen Mary I recall is Greer Garson in Crown Matrimonial, a 1974 Hallmark Hall of Fame production covering the same material. She was a central figure in all these productions except the 1988 version.