The extended Forsyte family lives a more-than-pleasant upper-middle-class life in Victorian and later Edwardian England. The two central characters are Soames Forsyte and his cousin Jolyon Forsyte. Soames is a solicitor, all proper and straight-laced. His love for beautiful Irene is his only weakness, as is his beautiful daughter Fleur. Young Jolyon is the opposite, a free-thinking artist who abandons his wife to live with his children's nanny. Their lives and their children's lives will intersect over 30 years, bringing happiness to some and tragedy to others.
Cast of The Forsyte Saga
Eric PorterSoames Forsyte
Susan HampshireFleur Mont née Forsyte
Nyree Dawn PorterIrene Forsyte née Heron
Kenneth More'Young Jolyon' Forsyte
Fay Compton'Aunt Ann' Forsyte
Lana MorrisHelene Hillmer
Margaret TyzackWinifred Dartie
John WelshJames Forsyte
Joseph O'Conor'Old Jolyon' Forsyte
Terence AlexanderMontague 'Monty' Dartie
John BaskcombTimothy Forsyte
John BennettPhilip Bosinney
Martin JarvisJolyon 'Jon' Forsyte
Nicholas PennellMichael Mont
John BarcroftGeorge Forsyte
Jeanne Le BarsReceptionist