Lady Christabel's niece, Joan has a long-standing crush on Tom and openly argues with him about equality. After he rejects her, she becomes a confident English teacher, joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and later works under him in the RASC. Their relationship eventually rekindles, and they marry.
Natasha is a nurse who cares for the wounded Russian officer Captain Ivan Ignatoff, and the two fall in love. She is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to the wealthy industrialist Peter Brioukow, although she has not betrayed him.
Cousin of Willie, Lord Lebanon, who is arranged to marry him but instead falls in love with the visiting architect Richard Ferraby.
A family member of Gerald, likely his mother, providing a domestic contrast to the military tensions.
Fenella is the daughter of Sir Ivor and Lady McLean and is engaged to a composer, the son of maestro Sanger. In the mountains she meets Sebastian, who names her his muse, and she falls in love with him. After learning of the confusion involving Gemma, she later tries to persuade Sebastian to run away with her on the night his ballet opens.
Penelope Dudley-Ward has 13 screen credits in a career dating back to 1934. Signature works include English Without Tears, Moscow Nights, The Demi-Paradise. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
