Prunella Scales

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

Winner of three Academy Awards and nominated for Best Picture, director James Ivory's 1992 period romance depicts a battle of the classes during Edwardian England.