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Notorious Woman

Drama

Notorious Woman is a 1974 BBC miniseries about the life of French novelist George Sand (Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin), starring Rosemary Harris in the title role, and focusing on her scandalous life, career, and relationships, particularly with composer Frédéric Chopin. The seven-episode drama, written by Harry W. Junkin and directed by Waris Hussein, won a Primetime Emmy for Harris's performance and explored Sand's defiance of 19th-century conventions, including her male attire and public cigar smoking.

Nov 3, 19741 seasons7 episodesEndedEN

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Rosemary Harris

Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin / George Sand

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Seasons

Miniseries

7 episodes

Premiered Nov 3, 1974

Episodes

1–6 of 7

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Ep 1

Misalliance

Nov 3, 1974

60m

Aurore Dupin, who later became known as George Sand, was one of the most successful French novelists of the 19th century.

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Ep 2

Success

Nov 10, 1974

60m

After nine years of an unhappy marriage Aurore Dudevant has left her husband and two children and gone to Paris. Living with Jules Sandeau - she is consumed with her ambition to become a writer.

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