Vanessa Redgrave

as Elizabeth Lowry

Timothy Spall

as L.S. Lowry

Wendy Morgan

as Mrs Stanhope

Stephen Lord

as Mr Stanhope

David Schaal

as Stanley Allcot

Joanne Pearce

as Vera Allcot

Michael Keogh

as Mr Lowry

Ania Marson

as Bearded Woman