Princess Daisy is a 1983

1983 in film

-Events:*February 11 - The Rolling Stones concert film Let's Spend the Night Together opens in New York*May 25 - Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, the final film in the original Star Wars trilogy, is released. Like the previous films, it goes on to become the top grossing picture of...

 film by Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein is a British-Indian television director and film director best known for his many productions for British television....

, based on the 1980

1980 in literature

The year 1980 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Marguerite Yourcenar becomes the first woman to be elected to the Académie française....

 novel of the same name

Princess Daisy (novel)

Princess Daisy is a 1980 romance novel by American author Judith Krantz.-Plot summary:The novel tells the story of Princess Marguerite "Daisy" Valensky. She is the daughter of Prince Alexander "Stash" Valensky, a wealthy Russian-born polo player and former playboy, and his wife Francesca Vernon, a...

 by Judith Krantz

Judith Krantz

Judith Krantz , is an American novelist who writes in the romance genre. Her works include Scruples, Princess Daisy, and Till We Meet Again.-Early years:...

.

Plot

Princess Daisy tells the story of a young girl who is sent to England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 to live with her father, Prince Valenski, after her mother's death in a car crash. Unfortunately, Daisy is immediately separated from her twin sister Dani, who is a retarded child not accepted by their father. When Daisy turns 16, their father dies in a plane accident. The girl is forced to take care of her life herself, especially when her half-brother starts seeing in her more than just a sister.

Cast

• Merete Van Kamp
  Merete Van Kamp
  Merete Van Kamp is a Danish-born model turned actress who found success in American television.She played the lead role in the 1983 TV movie Princess Daisy and then was a major cast member in the drama series Dallas as Grace Van Owen during the 1985-1986 season.She has also guest-starred on Hotel...
  
   .... Daisy & Dani Valensky
• Lindsay Wagner
  Lindsay Wagner
  Lindsay Jean Wagner is an American actress. She is probably best known for her portrayal of Jaime Sommers in the 1970s television series The Bionic Woman , though she has maintained a lengthy career in a variety of other film and television productions since.-Early life:Wagner was born in Los...
  
   .... Francesca Valensky
• Stacy Keach
  Stacy Keach
  Stacy Keach is an American actor and narrator. He is most famous for his dramatic roles; however, he has done narration work in educational programming on PBS and the Discovery Channel, as well as some comedy and musical...
  
   .... Prince Alexander "Stash" Valensky
• Claudia Cardinale
  Claudia Cardinale
  Claudia Cardinale is an Italian actress, and has appeared in some of the most prominent European films of the 1960s and 1970s. The majority of Cardinale's films have been either Italian or French...
  
   .... Anabelle de Fourdemont Valensky
• Robert Urich
  Robert Urich
  Robert Urich was an American actor. He played the starring roles in the television series Vega$ and Spenser: For Hire...
  
   .... Patrick Shannon
• Paul Michael Glaser
  Paul Michael Glaser
  Paul Michael Glaser is an American actor and director, perhaps best known for his role as Detective David Starsky on the 1970s television series Starsky and Hutch; he also appeared as Captain Jack Steeper on the 1999 to 2005 NBC series Third Watch.-Early life:Glaser, the youngest of three...
  
   .... Fred North
• Rupert Everett
  Rupert Everett
  Rupert James Hector Everett is an English actor. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Country as an openly gay student at an English public school, set in the 1930s...
  
   .... Ram Valensky
• Ringo Starr
  Ringo Starr
  Richard Starkey, MBE better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for The Beatles. When the band formed in 1960, Starr was a member of another Liverpool band, Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He became The Beatles' drummer in...
  
   .... Robin Valerian
• Rachel & Melissa Dennis .... young Daisy & Dani