The Death of the Heart
1987A young orphan girl, Portia, goes to live with her well-to-do aunt and uncle. As she is groomed to become a lady, she is confused by the young man who seems to be courting her. Surrounded by pretentious people who have no clue how to deal with teenagers, she soon loses her naïveté and thinks of running away.
Acted in
Phyllis Calvert
as Mrs. Heccomb
JoJo Cole
as Portia Quayne
Daniel Chatto
as Eddie
Alice Douglas
as Clara
Paul Mark Elliott
as Cecil
Samantha Gates
as Lillian
Meryl Hampton
as Phyllis
Robert Hardy
as Major Brutt
Nigel Havers
as Thomas Quayne
Damaris Hayman
as Miss Paullie
Wendy Hiller
as Matchett
Patricia Hodge
as Anna Quayne
Jonathan Hyde
as St. Quentin Miller
Sophie Thompson
as Doris
Patrick Pearson
as Dickie Heccomb
Miranda Richardson
as Daphne Heccomb
Michael Troughton
as Bursely
Judith Davis
as Waitress