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# Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1990): cast and crew

29 cast and 5 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Charlotte Coleman](https://film.one/person/charlotte-coleman.md) as Jess (3 episodes)
- [Geraldine McEwan](https://film.one/person/geraldine-mcewan.md) as Mother (3 episodes)
- [Emily Aston](https://film.one/person/emily-aston.md) as Small Jess (3 episodes)
- [Kenneth Cranham](https://film.one/person/kenneth-cranham.md) as Pastor Finch (3 episodes)
- [Elizabeth Spriggs](https://film.one/person/elizabeth-spriggs.md) as May (3 episodes)
- [Cathryn Bradshaw](https://film.one/person/cathryn-bradshaw.md) as Melanie (3 episodes)
- [Celia Imrie](https://film.one/person/celia-imrie.md) as Miss Jewsbury (3 episodes)
- [Freda Dowie](https://film.one/person/freda-dowie.md) as Mrs Green (3 episodes)
- [Barbara Hicks](https://film.one/person/barbara-hicks.md) as Cissy (3 episodes)
- [David Thewlis](https://film.one/person/david-thewlis.md) as Doctor (3 episodes)
- [Pam Ferris](https://film.one/person/pam-ferris.md) as Mrs Arkwright (3 episodes)
- [Margery Withers](https://film.one/person/margery-withers.md) as Elsie (3 episodes)
- Peter Gordon as William (3 episodes)
- Tamar Swade as Church Pianist (3 episodes)
- Richard Henders as Graham (2 episodes)
- Darren Scott as Boy Next Door (2 episodes)
- Sophie Thursfield as Jess's real mother (2 episodes)
- Katy Murphy as Mrs Virtue (2 episodes)
- Sharon Bower as Mrs. Vole (2 episodes)
- Roger Walker as Fishmonger (1 episodes)
- Tania Rodrigues as Katy (1 episodes)
- Ken Kitson as First fisherman (1 episodes)
- James Duggan as Second fisherman (1 episodes)
- Bill Rogers as Ice Cream Man (1 episodes)
- Mark Aspinall as Ian (1 episodes)
- Kay Clayton as Gypsy Woman (1 episodes)
- Maggie Lane as First ice cream woman (1 episodes)
- [Mandy Walsh](https://film.one/person/mandy-walsh.md) as Second ice cream woman (1 episodes)
- Norma Shebbeare as Dust Pan (1 episodes)

## Directing

- [Beeban Kidron](https://film.one/person/beeban-kidron.md): Director (3 episodes)

## Writing

- [Jeanette Winterson](https://film.one/person/jeanette-winterson.md): Novel, Writer (3 episodes)

## Production

- [Phillippa Giles](https://film.one/person/phillippa-giles.md): Producer (3 episodes)

## Editing

- [John Strickland](https://film.one/person/john-strickland.md): Editor (3 episodes)

## Sound and music

- [Rachel Portman](https://film.one/person/rachel-portman.md): Music (3 episodes)

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