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cast: 40
crew: 27
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# The Lady in the Van (2015): cast and crew

40 cast and 27 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Maggie Smith](https://film.one/person/maggie-smith.md) as Miss Shepherd
- [Alex Jennings](https://film.one/person/alex-jennings.md) as Alan Bennett
- [Frances de la Tour](https://film.one/person/frances-de-la-tour.md) as Ursula Vaughan Williams
- [Gwen Taylor](https://film.one/person/gwen-taylor.md) as Mam
- [Dominic Cooper](https://film.one/person/dominic-cooper.md) as Theatre Actor
- [James Corden](https://film.one/person/james-corden.md) as Street Trader
- [Roger Allam](https://film.one/person/roger-allam.md) as Rufus
- [Samuel Anderson](https://film.one/person/samuel-anderson.md) as Jehovah's Witness
- [Dermot Crowley](https://film.one/person/dermot-crowley.md) as Priest
- [Jim Broadbent](https://film.one/person/jim-broadbent.md) as Underwood
- [Stephen Campbell Moore](https://film.one/person/stephen-campbell-moore.md) as Doctor
- [Eleanor Matsuura](https://film.one/person/eleanor-matsuura.md) as American Journalist
- [Sacha Dhawan](https://film.one/person/sacha-dhawan.md) as Doctor Malik
- [Samuel Barnett](https://film.one/person/samuel-barnett.md) as Donald
- [Deborah Findlay](https://film.one/person/deborah-findlay.md) as Pauline
- [David Calder](https://film.one/person/david-calder.md) as Mr. Fairchild
- Elliot Levey as Theatre Director
- [Claire Foy](https://film.one/person/claire-foy.md) as Lois, Social Worker
- Pandora Colin as Mrs. Perry
- [Marion Bailey](https://film.one/person/marion-bailey.md) as Convent Housekeeper
- [Russell Tovey](https://film.one/person/russell-tovey.md) as Young Man with Earring
- Rosalind Knight as Old Nun
- [Jamie Parker](https://film.one/person/jamie-parker.md) as Estate Agent
- Geoffrey Streatfeild as Alan's Partner
- June Watson as Woman at Day Centre
- George Taylor as Policeman
- Richard Banks as Neighbour
- [Aaron Neil](https://film.one/person/aaron-neil.md) as Grocer
- Jessica Bastick-Vines as Pauline and Rufus' Daughter
- Cecilia Noble as Miss Briscoe
- Clare Hammond as Young Miss Shephard
- Sam McArdle as The Biker
- Giles Cooper as Passer-By
- [Sam Spruell](https://film.one/person/sam-spruell.md) as Another Young Man
- [Harriet Thorpe](https://film.one/person/harriet-thorpe.md) as Customer
- [Nicholas Burns](https://film.one/person/nicholas-burns.md) as Giles Perry
- [Alan Bennett](https://film.one/person/alan-bennett.md) as Alan Bennett (2014)
- [Andrew Knott](https://film.one/person/andrew-knott.md) as Ambulance Man
- Selina Cadell as Lady Wiggin
- Giles Cooper as Passer-by

## Directing

- [Nicholas Hytner](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hytner.md): Director

## Writing

- [Alan Bennett](https://film.one/person/alan-bennett.md): Writer

## Production

- [Damian Jones](https://film.one/person/damian-jones.md): Producer
- [Nicholas Hytner](https://film.one/person/nicholas-hytner.md): Producer
- Miles Ketley: Executive Producer
- [Christine Langan](https://film.one/person/christine-langan.md): Executive Producer
- [Kevin Loader](https://film.one/person/kevin-loader.md): Producer
- Charles Moore: Executive Producer
- Ed Wethered: Executive Producer

## Camera

- Rick James: Camera Trainee
- [Andrew Dunn](https://film.one/person/andrew-dunn.md): Director of Photography
- Simon Finney: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [Tariq Anwar](https://film.one/person/tariq-anwar.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [George Fenton](https://film.one/person/george-fenton.md): Original Music Composer
- Peter Gleaves: ADR Recordist
- Jack Stew: Foley Artist
- Craig Irving: Sound

## Art

- [John Beard](https://film.one/person/john-beard.md): Production Design
- Kevin Day: Props
- [Niamh Coulter](https://film.one/person/niamh-coulter.md): Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Natalie Ward](https://film.one/person/natalie-ward.md): Costume Design
- Naomi Donne: Makeup Artist
- Doone Forsyth: Makeup Artist
- Chris Lyons: Special Effects Makeup Artist
- Norma Webb: Makeup Artist
- Nathaniel De'Lineadeus: Special Effects Makeup Artist

## Crew

- Nellie Burroughes: Stunt Double

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