TVXOHOF, 05/2009-B: VICTORIA REGINA

For the second week of our "May Queen" inductions into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame, we're going with a real Queen - Victoria, the ruler of the British Empire who gave her name to an age.

Here is a list of the actresses who have played Queen Victoria on Television:

Patti Allan
. . . "The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne" (2000)

Avril Angers
. . . "Network First: Victoria and Albert" (1997)

Renée Asherson
. . . "Happy and Glorious" (1952)

Pamela Binns
. . . "Omnibus" (1967) {Landseer: A Victorian Comedy}

Anita Björk
. . . "Den goda viljan" (1991)

Claire Bloom
. . . "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) {Victoria Regina (#8.31)}

Honora Burke
. . . Hands of a Murderer (1990)













Pauline Collins
. . . "Doctor Who" (2005) {Tooth and Claw (#2.2)}













Fay Compton
. . . "Journey to the Unknown" (1968) {Poor Butterfly (#1.6)}













Jane Connell
. . . "Bewitched" (1964) {Aunt Clara's Victoria Victory (#3.26)}













Annette Crosbie
. . . "Edward the Seventh" (1975)

Alice De Mallet De Donas
. . . "Red Dwarf" (1988) {Meltdown (#4.6)}













Janine Duvitski
. . . The Young Visiters (2003)

Mavis Edwards (Older)
. . . "Fall of Eagles" (1974) {The Last Tsar (#1.5)}












Victoria Hamilton
. . . . "Victoria & Albert" (2001)

Julie Harris
. . . "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Victoria Regina}

Lauren Hartley
. . . Victorians Uncovered: The Perfect Marriage (2001)













Helen Hayes
. . . "Robert Montgomery Presents" (1950) {Victoria Regina (#2.10)}

Margaret Heale
. . . "Rhodes" (1996)













Jacquelyn Hyde
. . . The Wild Wild West Revisited (1979)

Glenda Jackson
. . . "The Morecambe & Wise Show" (1968) {1972 Christmas Show}

Pamela Kosh
. . . "Northern Exposure" (1990) {Baby Blues (#5.11)}
[a dream sequence, maybe?]

Rosemary Leach
. . . "Disraeli" (1978)

Lu Leonard
. . . "Tall Tales and Legends" (1985) {Annie Oakley}

Rhoda Lewis
. . . "Network First: Victoria and Albert" (1997)

Bronwen Mantel
. . . Barnum (1986)

Doreen Mantle
. . . "Shadow Play" (2004)

Miriam Margolyes
. . . Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988)

Anna Massey
. . . "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989/I)

Mollie Maureen
. . . "The Edwardians" (1972) {Daisy (#1.7)}

Marina McConnell
. . . "Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House" (1982)

Frances McDevitt
. . . "Queen Victoria's Empire" (2001)

Judi Meredith
. . . "Telephone Time" (1956) {The Consort (#2.19)}

Perlita Neilson
. . . "Fall of Eagles" (1974) {The English Princess (#1.2)}

Christine Ozanne
. . . "The Flaxton Boys" (1969) {1854: The Dog (#1.2)}

Tessa Pointing
. . . The First Black Britons (2005)

Jan Ravens
. . . "2DTV" (2001)
(animated)

Joyce Redman (Older)
. . . Victoria & Albert (2001)

Sheila Reed
. . . "Lillie" (1978)

Kate Reid
. . . "Hallmark Hall of Fame" (1951) {Invincible Mr. Disraeli - 1963}

Erica Rogers
. . . "Shaka Zulu" (1986)

Patricia Routledge
. . . "Victoria Regina" (1964)













Prunella Scales
. . . "A History of Britain" (2000) {Victoria and Her Sisters (#3.2)}

Prunella Scales
. . . Looking for Victoria (2003)

Prunella Scales
. . . Station Jim (2001)

Gladys Spencer

. . . "BBC Play of the Month" (1965) {Gordon of Khartoum (#1.4)}

Jessica Spencer
. . . "Cribb" (1980) {The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (#2.3)}

Shirley Steedman
. . . "East Lynne" (1976)













Lurene Tuttle
. . . "Voyagers!" (1982) {Buffalo Bill & Annie Oakley Play the Palace (#1.12)}

Zena Walker
. . . "Number 10" (1983) {Dizzy (#1.6)}

Wendy Worthington
. . . "The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer" (1998) {Saving Mr. Lincoln (#1.3)}

In that mix we should also give (dis)honorable mention to Terry Jones and Michael Palin, who both portrayed Queen Victoria in sketches from 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. (Glenda Jackson was also Her Majesty in Skitlandia.)

Not all of them can be considered the "actual" Victoria of Earth Prime-Time, but definitely we have to include Victoria Hamilton as the younger version. Wendy Worthington would be the Victoria in that TV dimension where all the historical figures were idiots - along with her episode, that world contains 'When Things Were Rotten' and 'That's My Bush!'

To be the official portrait of Queen Victoria in the TV Crossover Hall of Fame, originally we were going to go with Annette Crosbie who had the most appearances thanks to her role in the mini-series about her son, "Edward The Seventh". However, Prunella Scales has three different productions to her credit as the Queen, and she does look amazingly like Victoria. And when she was made a Commander of the British Empire, Queen Elizabeth acknowledged her presence as the Old Vic by commenting that maybe Ms. Scales should be awarding the honor to herself!

So here's to the Queen for a Week, Victoria Regina!

BCnU!