The Cleopatras
1983 • 1 SeasonEight-part drama covering the lives of the queens of Egypt from Cleopatra II in 145 BC to the death of the famous Cleopatra VII in 30 BC.
Top Series Cast
Michelle Newell
as Cleopatra
Graham Crowden
as Theodotus
Richard Griffiths
as Pot Belly
Elizabeth Shepherd
as Cleopatra, the mother
Robert Hardy
as Julius Caesar
Christopher Neame
as Mark Antony
David Horovitch
as Chickpea
Amanda Boxer
as Cleopatra Tryphaena
Antony Carrick
as Canidius
Arthur Hewlett
as Achoreus
Arthur White
as Bolis
Brian Oulton
as Aristarchus
Carol Harrison
Caroline Mortimer
David Buck
Donald Pickering
Francesca Gonshaw
as Arsinoe
Geoffrey Chater
as Perigenes
Geoffrey Whitehead
as Scipio Africanus
Godfrey James
as Cato
Graham Faulkner
as Apollodorus
Graham Pountney
Graham Seed
as Ptolemy
Granville Saxton
as Cyzicenus
Harold Kasket
as Onias
Ian McNeice
as Alexander
Jack May
as Criton
James Aubrey
as Grypus
John Arnatt
as Sophron
John Bennett
as Philocles
John Moffatt
as Quintus Dellius
John Ringham
as Pothinus
John Savident
as Pythagoras
Keith Drinkel
Lois Baxter
Moray Watson
as Gabinius
Morris Perry
as General Chaereas
Patrick Troughton
as Sextus
Pauline Moran
as Cleopatra Berenike
Peter Dennis
as Diomedes
Prue Clarke
as Cleopatra Selene
Richard Cubison
Roger Brierley
as Demetrius
Rupert Frazer
as Octavian
Seeta Indrani
as Maid
Shirin Taylor
Stephen Greif
as Demetrius
Sue Holderness
as Cleopatra, eldest daughter
Tony Caunter
as Achillas
Tony Osoba
as Marsyas
Colin Higgins
as Seleucus
Richard Bates
as Soldier / Servant
Helen Sparks
as Dancer
Steve Wilsher
as Assassin (uncredited)
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