Ann and Debbie - starring Deborah Kerr and Claire Bloom (1986)

[@veramentegina]

Delightful with superb actresses!

[@stephenwilliams1269]

What a gem of a short story. Wonderfully played by two great actresses. Thank you for sharing.

[@Uluwehi_Knecht]

Superb acting! These are my "Real Housewives" :)

[@elisekuby2009]

Oh my goodness - so well played by all of them. And Arthur keeping mum about what he knows and how many drinks each is capable of consuming.

[@karinvantubbergh3418]

How elegant and beautiful Deborah Kerr looks. Such a lady.

[@debra13]

I adored Deborah Kerr. Such a beautiful lady

[@annettebernier]

That was perfectly delightful!

[@angloaust1575]

Talented ladies able to portray different people after years of acting experience! Wonder how they got on in real life situations!!

[@sandyjuntunen4088]

Always loved Deborah Kerr! This was wonderful. Would have loved a part 2, where they discover the other woman. What a conversation that would be. No wonder the guy died, lol. He was overworked!

[@skytten64]

Wonderful😊..would have liked to see a little more. Thank You so Much for this elegant story. Greetings from Sweden

[@junerobertson4389]

Real actors with class. Claire Bloom was so pretty even in old age.

[@tommoncrieff1154]

She’s still with us! Aged 93.

[@E-Kat]

She looks incredibly young for her age! Definitely doesn't look her age. I saw a picture of her at 90 and I must say I was pleasantly surprised how beautiful she looked. She was a stunning looking woman when younger.

[@stevouk]

"Old age"? She was 55 here!

[@67Parsifal]

@@stevoukyes. Not old at all.

[@glamdolly30]

@@stevouk Correction, Claire Bloom was only 53 here. In her prime I'd say.

[@ETIENNE8100]

Marvelous 😊

[@pamelalambe1356]

Thank you.

[@glamdolly30]

For those interested in such trivia, there was a 10 year age difference between these two great British actresses. Deborah Kerr CBE, was born on 30th September 1921, making her 62 when this was filmed at the Ritz Hotel, London, England in May 1984. Claire Bloom CBE, was born on 15th February 1931, and was 53 here. Deborah Kerr died in 2007 aged 86, after sadly suffering with Parkinsons Disease. At time of posting, August 2024, I'm delighted to say Claire Bloom is still with us at the great age of 93, and she looks wonderful by the way! She has enjoyed a long acting career, with her most recent TV/film credits 2018/2019. Thank you for sharing this little gem, though alas the script did not do justice to these two big screen legends - perhaps, at least in part, because it was a female story, written by a man! Nonetheless, it was a treat to see two great stars, against the equally famous and elegant backdrop of the Ritz Hotel, on Piccadilly, Mayfair, central London. It's well worth a visit there for afternoon tea, for anyone who hasn't experienced that 'bucket list' delight. Though contrary to what we see here, I'm pretty sure the staff won't let you run out when the bill arrives! Incidentally, what was that final, bizarre extended visual of the elderly waiter about? I'm baffled. Were we being invited to laugh at a man with a false leg??!!

[@johnohara197]

Thank you for this insightful information! I enjoyed the video, both ladies are wonderful!

[@pamplayer4086]

two of Englands best

[@doreekaplan2589]

Grateful not to have gone through illness with Mom or Dad. At 96 he asked his wife to come change the TV channel. 10 seconds later he was gone. No pain, no fear. She's 99 today. Healthy, carrying on. Neither ever exercised, drank water, watched what they ate. It's genes.

[@ValeryFarrington]

❤o h my goodness...that was absolutely brilliant. Valérie.

[@marciakipp3633]

Kerr even eats an olive with 'class' ! 😊

[@annapoole132]

What a gem of two great and adoring actresses!!!! I even laughed at the "fish" comment!!! 😄 Thank you for a treat to relax after working in the yard! Enjoyable on all levels!!!!

[@chubbybrain]

Two gals I love dearly!

[@PhilAlumb]

BLOOM..became a Favorite after I saw "The Haunting." KERR was excellent in The Chalk Garden.

[@jjmboston9526]

Thanks for the posting. Also watched the companion piece: Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (1983) Jackie Gleason & Laurence Olivier Same type of subject, but taken from the male viewpoint.

[@DethStroke-fo7he]

Jackie Gleason and Lawrence Olivier! What an interesting combination. Would love to see that!

[@janheffernan4792]

Just Beautiful. No Botox❤❤❤

[@RoseAndresier]

Gorgeous

[@davidanthonystone5165]

Brilliant Talent.

[@Scotbarra]

Delightful

[@Noblerot1830]

The real Ritz!

[@ileanamuntean7338]

Deborah Kerr is a good actress, Claire Bloom a very beautiful woman who married very well several times.

[@brentreid2478]

Kerr nailed this a rock steady solid performance. Bloom seemed she could not make up her mind very unsteady performance, I hate when actors show that they are acting, However, in spite of that I. Loved it

[@glamdolly30]

I think both actresses were let down by a lacklustre script.

[@harmoniabalanza]

she often does that

[@MissX905]

The poor old waiter's leg. So did they ever find the other mistress? Where is that episode? They'd have been drunk drinking that many drinks so fast lol

[@natashawoof]

Deborah Kerr is in a class by herself.

[@andronicemarinis1072]

He had the last laugh😅

[@phugoid]

Lovely. It'd have helped a lot that the two actresses weren't too dissimilar in their real lives

[@marylou7089]

To me, this is a sad commentary on our culture’s morals. I personally knew someone whose father had open relationships with women other than his wife, her mother, also in England. It was destructive and painful.

[@Noblerot1830]

I wish I could go back there but I was widowed at 36 My life ended and I was doomed to a hundred violent men But I live now. Happyish .

[@glamdolly30]

There are far worse things than being single, as you and I know!

[@josephososkie3029]

Very poetic. Or very Martini-ish.

[@rayg4360]

Cellist looks like Russell Brand

[@NancySanders-om4ic]

I think Claire Bloom was married to Rod Steiger.

[@rosemariemann1719]

On the end credits it said "MCMLXXXIV" which is 1984.... On the title here, it said 1986 ..🤔 🇬🇧🤔😊⭐🦉🌈😊

[@ClassicBritishTelly]

All explained in the video description...

[@glamdolly30]

@@ClassicBritishTelly I wonder why there was a near 2 year gap between filming and transmission, that's unusual.

[@Scathingly]

@@ClassicBritishTelly all

[@Scotbarra]

Who cares 😂

[@josephososkie3029]

I thought Night Of The Iguana was Kerr’s best but wow. The eye flutter at 24:00, pure narcissist. And Claire Bloom has the same range. Her bit on Doc Martin was chilling and opposite.

[@fieryflowergirl5095]

'Are you mixing with Jesuits?' LOL......

[@dedewatlington7080]

Old age????!!!!

[@Cynthia99911]

Glorifying infidelity is not in good taste.

[@Hellraiser0601]

I understand the nostalgia factor is strong in some of us. But the script was very, very basic and both ladies were hamming it up, they were quietly, discreetly and constantly chewing the scenery. Anyway, thanks for the upload 🤷‍♂️

[@Chillmax]

I'm proudly nostalgic, and for the first time ever we're actually correct, things today really aren't what they used to be - it's all 99% garbage now!!

[@irish66]

He was gay?

[@E-Kat]

This is so terribly overacted! I'm beginning to think, they're both so bad on purpose, but I'm failing to realise the reason. It is as if it were a parody of the middle class wives. Octogenarians? They don't look it. The waiter might be though. 😊

[@johnclark546]

I felt it was acting of that era. At my age u have watched acting and script writing change. That is part of the experience for me.

[@rosemariemann1719]

I had the impression they were thinking about some time in the future... 🇬🇧😊🦉⭐🌈😊🇬🇧

[@glamdolly30]

I guess she was being ironic when she described them both as 'octogenarians' - perhaps this story was written with older actresses in mind? I thought the script was weak, and what a missed opportunity with two such great stars in the lead roles. And predictably, it was written by a man. Why is most drama about and starring women, penned by men? No disrespect to the male sex, I love them - but (the great Alan Bennett aside), they have absolutely no idea how the female psyche works! This dialogue didn't ring true to me. Incidentally Deborah Kerr was 62, and Claire Bloom 53 when they filmed this, so far from octogenarians!

[@LuciThomasHardylover-qx6ts]

Gosh, the script is awful! Is this really how men would like women to talk about them? The 'witty one liners ' come with the pause for canned laughter they're so bad😂 and the acting is embarrassing too, both of them over acting and wooden. The lesbian overtones were an unpleasant touch too. Sorry, this is so bad I've given it up. I'd rather keep my previous view of Deborah Kerr!

[@tomatenpaprika6323]

liberated women

[@patdoyle3686]

Boring tv📺📺📺 film 😢

[@marynafalck5502]

Terrible make up on Deborah Kerr

[@carolthomas8528]

What’s terrible about it ?

[@saraswatkin9226]

​@@carolthomas8528 that blusher looks like it was applied by a child.

[@Chillmax]

I noticed that big stripe as well, maybe it was supposed to make her look severe, or maybe Kerr liked hard blusher, difficult to know!

[@MsCValentiner]

That was how it was applied in the early eighties.

[@Chillmax]

@@MsCValentiner Not by everybody, and not usually in what seems to be a very dark, colourless shade.