Editing Gosford Park (section)

==Characters and cast==
===Above stairs===
{{cast listing|
* [[Michael Gambon]] as Sir William McCordle, a wealthy industrialist and baronet
* [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] as Lady Sylvia McCordle, Sir William's wife, daughter of the Earl of Carton, an old but impoverished family
* [[Camilla Rutherford]] as Isobel McCordle, daughter of Sir William and Lady Sylvia
* [[Maggie Smith]] as Constance, Dowager Countess of Trentham, Lady Sylvia's aunt
* [[Charles Dance]] as Raymond, Lord Stockbridge, a baron who is Lady Sylvia's brother-in-law via his marriage to Louisa
* [[Geraldine Somerville]] as Louisa, Lady Stockbridge, Lady Sylvia's younger sister
* [[Tom Hollander]] as Lt. Commander Anthony Meredith, broke and desperate, married to Lavinia
* [[Natasha Wightman]] as Lady Lavinia Meredith, Lady Sylvia's youngest sister
* [[James Wilby]] as the Hon. Freddie Nesbitt, a late invitee who is also son of a baron and recently unemployed
* [[Claudie Blakley]] as Mabel, the Hon. Mrs Nesbitt, daughter of a glove factory owner, grew up in Leicester, and married to Freddie, who only married her believing her to be wealthy
* [[Jeremy Northam]] as [[Ivor Novello]], Sir William's cousin who is also a British matinee idol and film star
* [[Bob Balaban]] as Morris Weissman, American film director, friend of Ivor Novello
* [[Laurence Fox]] as Lord Rupert Standish, Isobel's boyfriend, and penniless younger son of a marquess
* [[Trent Ford]] as Jeremy Blond, friend of Lord Rupert
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===Below stairs===
{{cast listing|
* [[Kelly Macdonald]] as Mary Maceachran, lady's maid to Countess of Trentham.
* [[Clive Owen]] as Robert Parks, Lord Stockbridge's valet, grew up in an orphanage in [[Isleworth]], London
* [[Helen Mirren]] as Mrs Wilson, head housekeeper
* [[Eileen Atkins]] as Mrs Croft, head cook
* [[Alan Bates]] as Mr Jennings, head butler
* [[Emily Watson]] as Elsie, head housemaid, Sir William's mistress
* [[Derek Jacobi]] as Probert, Sir William's valet
* [[Richard E. Grant]] as George, first footman
* [[Jeremy Swift]] as Arthur, footman
* [[Sophie Thompson]] as Dorothy, [[Still room|still-room]] maid
* [[Meg Wynn Owen]] as Lewis, lady's maid to Lady Sylvia
* [[Adrian Scarborough]] as Barnes, valet to  Lt. Commander Anthony Meredith
* [[Ryan Phillippe]] as Henry Denton, an American actor posing as valet to Morris Weissman
* Frances Low as Sarah, lady's maid to Lady Lavinia
* Joanna Maude as Renee, lady's maid to Louisa, Lady Stockbridge
* [[Teresa Churcher]] as Bertha, kitchen maid
* [[Frank Thornton]] as Mr Burkett, the Countess of Trentham's butler
}}

===Visitors===
* [[Stephen Fry]] as Inspector Thompson
* Ron Webster as Constable Dexter