The Old Lady is an elderly blind medium connected to Victor Marlish and his parents. She conducts a séance with them and uses automatic writing to uncover what happened to Grace Stewart, Anne Stewart, and Nicholas Stewart. Her investigation reveals that the living family are the intruders and that the house is haunted by Grace's household.
Mrs Bartholomew is associated with an old clock that the boy studies as he tries to understand the mystery of the garden and its connection to the past. The boy investigates the clock carefully while avoiding revealing what he knows, making her connection to it important to his search for answers.
The Russian Empress whose court Rasputin systematically infiltrates. Through hypnosis and manipulation via her lady-in-waiting, she is coerced into dismissing her current physician and installing the disgraced Dr. Zargo, granting Rasputin unprecedented political influence.
A London factory girl billeted as a lodger in Mrs. Sarah Hardacre's home. During Jack Hardacre's wartime leave, she becomes the woman he truly loves, despite his mistaken belief that he is engaged to Jenny Jenkins. Jack ultimately rejects that false engagement and marries Milly.
Bill Fox's girlfriend and later his wife, and Lag Gibbon's sister. She disapproves of speedway's danger and apparent glamour, and after seeing her brother injured, pleads with Bill to retire. When he refuses, she leaves him; her departure leads Bill to choose their relationship over racing.
A young woman living at the Golden Lion Hotel with her domineering aunt. She develops a courtship with Peter Penrose, despite family disapproval, but he ends the relationship because he fears she would suffer if he met David Archdale's fate. In 1944, she decides to leave her aunt and join up.
Renée Asherson has 33 screen credits in a career dating back to 1944. Signature works include The Others, Edwin, The Smashing Bird I Used to Know. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
