Eleanor Marx is a British television drama series which was originally broadcast in three episodes on BBC 2 from 10 January to 24 January 1977. It was inspired by the life Eleanor Marx the British socialist campaigner and youngest daughter of Karl Marx, and her complex relationship with her family and her long-term partner Edward Aveling.
Main cast
Jennie Stoller as Eleanor 'Tussy' Marx
Alan Dobie as Dr. Edward Aveling
Patsy Byrne as Lenchen
Nigel Hawthorne as Engels
David Daker as Will Thorne
Doreen Mantle as Frau Marx
Lee Montague as Karl Marx
Tina Marian as Mary Ellen
Philip Joseph as Freddy Denuth
Alan Dudley as Solicitor/Coroner
Gideon Kolb as Spy