Home / Princess Caraboo

Princess Caraboo

Year:

1994

Duration:

97 min

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | History | Mystery | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Michael Austin

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1994-09-16

Filming Locations: London, England, UK

Earnings

Gross: $3,021,629 (USA) Filming Dates 13 September 1993 - 9 November 1993 Copyright Holder Caraboo Pictures Corp. Related Links

Cast

Actor

Character

Ewan Bailey

Princess Caraboo

Jamie Harris

John Sessions

Princess Caraboo

Jim Broadbent

Mr. Worrall

Phoebe Cates

Princess Caraboo /

Wendy Hughes

Mrs. Worrall

Kevin Kline

Frixos

John Lithgow

Professor Wilkinson

Stephen Rea

Gutch

Peter Eyre

Lord Apthorpe

Jacqueline Pearce

Lady Apthorpe

Roger Lloyd Pack

Magistrate Haythorne (as Roger Lloyd-Pack)

John Wells

Reverend Hunt

John Lynch

Amon McCarthy

Arkie Whiteley

Betty

Kate Ashfield

Ella

Annabel Brooks

Lady Neville

Anna Chancellor

Mrs. Peake

Rachel Fielding

Mrs. Benson

Anoushka Fooks

Charlotte

David Glover

Musician

Jerry Hall

Lady Motley

Peter Howell

Clerk of the Court

Barbara Keogh

Mrs. Wilberforce

Anthony Van Laast

Second dressmaker

Phillip Lester

Print Worker

Steven Mackintosh

Harold

Tim McMullan

Light Fingered Aristocrat

Murray Melvin

Lord Motley

Dougray Scott

Dragoon Captain

Andrew Seear

Mr. Peake

David Sibley

Harrison

Ed Stobart

Footman

Stromboli

Fire Eater

Pauline Thomson

First dressmaker

Jacqueline Tong

Mrs. Hunt

Edward Tudor-Pole

Lord Neville

Antonia Dauphin

Susie Bick

(uncredited)

Kimberly J. Brown

(uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Based on the true story of Mary Willcocks Baker, who appeared in 1817 in Gloucestershire, England, speaking an unknown language and behaving strangely. Through signs and gestures she claimed to be a princess from an island called Javasu, who had been kidnapped by pirates and escaped. For several months, "Princess Caraboo" was a national figure and was welcomed into high society. Her story was revealed as a hoax after a local woman saw her face in the newspaper and recognized her as a former tenant. After being exposed, the real Mary Baker faded into obscurity and died in 1864 at the age of 75.