Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
“Every woman will have her day.”
London, England, on the eve of World War II. Guinevere Pettigrew, a strict governess who is unable to keep a job, is fired again. Lost in the hostile city, a series of fortunate circumstances lead her to meet Delysia LaFosse, a glamorous and dazzling American jazz singer whose life is a chaos ruled by indecision, a continuous battle between love and fame.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Studio
Focus Features
Language
en
Status
Released
How Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$16.7M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$2M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Guinevere Pettigrew
Frances McDormand
Guinevere Pettigrew
Delysia LaFosse
Amy Adams
Delysia LaFosse
Michael Pardew
Lee Pace
Michael Pardew
Joe Blomfield
Ciarán Hinds
Joe Blomfield
Edythe Dubarry
Shirley Henderson
Edythe Dubarry
Nick Caldarelli
Mark Strong
Nick Caldarelli
Phil Goldman
Tom Payne
Phil Goldman
Charlotte Warren
Christina Cole
Charlotte Warren
Margery
Clare Clifford
Margery
Miss Holt
Stephanie Cole
Miss Holt
Mrs. Brummegan
Beatie Edney
Mrs. Brummegan
Annabel Darlington
Sarah Kants
Annabel Darlington
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