Wednesday, December 2, 2020

"A Christmas Carol" All-Star Team - Day 2


We continue our countdown of our All-Star team with a trip into Christmas Past where we meet Fan, Scrooge's sister.

My pick for Fan is Joanne Whalley from the 1984 TV-movie version of "A Christmas Carol" starring George C. Scott:



I'm not always a big um, fan of Fan, but I think Joanne Whalley does a very good job here and it's always fun seeing a future star in an early role. 



In a very large cast, she's billed second from the bottom but I think she makes a bigger impression than a lot of those billed above her!

She's not a traditional Fan, as she's a young adult here whereas in the book she is a young girl. For purposes of this adaptation, Fan is older than Ebenezer and Ebenezer himself is a bit older than he would be when he left school, but that's all understandable.

So, she gets the nod as Fan and as the representative from that outstanding production!



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