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Margaret Thatcher, Phyllis Schlafly and the empathetic TV treatment Cate Blanchett as Phyllis Schlafly in 'Mrs. America' Sabrina Lantos/FX The Crown does not shy away from Thatcher’s own sexism ...
“Gold Stick,” the first episode of season 4 of The Crown, depicts the moment Margaret Thatcher became prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1979.“We don’t count our chickens before they ...
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to hold the position, left office exactly 30 years ago Saturday. Actress Gillian Anderson is earning stellar reviews for her portrayal of ...
On the new season of “The Crown,” newly elected Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II seem to get on well enough during their first meeting. Thatcher promptly curtsies ...
Margaret Thatcher does an awful lot of crying in The Crown. Though the Prime Minister was known to shed a tear or two during her 11 years leading the United Kingdom, the show leans heavily on ...
After Margaret Thatcher died in 2013, then-President Barack Obama released a statement summing up the extraordinary life of Britain’s first female prime minister. “She stands as an example to ...
Behind ‘The Crown’ Showdown Between Margaret Thatcher and The Queen. Gillian Anderson, Peter Morgan and Olivia Colman dissect the complicated relationship between the Prime Minister and the ...
Anderson needed to understand the former British Prime Minister to play her in "The Crown." But she knows she's unlikely to assuage Thatcher's critics.
Before the real Thatcher's election in 1979 she took lessons with a speech coach at the Royal National Theatre, hoping to make her voice more commanding and less "shrill" in broadcasts. The result ...
On “The Crown,” Margaret Thatcher (Gillian Anderson) and her husband, Denis (Stephen Boxer), dress to impress for dinner with the royal family, and totally miss the mark.
The Crown Season 4 brings with it a whole lot of change for Queen Elizabeth II’s family and, more importantly, the United Kingdom. From 1979 to 1990, Margaret Thatcher held the office of Prime ...
Netflix royal drama The Crown has always been the story of the woman on the throne. In Season 4, the queen is joined by two additional women who had a huge impact on the nation and the world ...