The Gilded Age

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The American Gilded Age was a period of immense economic change, of huge fortunes made and lost, and the rise of disparity between old money and new.Against this backdrop of change, the story begins in 1882 — introducing young Marian Brook, the orphaned daughter of a Union general, who moves into the New York City home of her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn and Ada Brook. Accompanied by Peggy Scott, an accomplished African-American woman, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her stupendously rich neighbors, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, George and Bertha Russell.In this exciting new world that is on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?

Creators

Julian Fellowes

creator

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Michael Engler

executive producer

Salli Richardson-Whitfield

executive producer

Julian Fellowes

executive producer

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Gareth Neame

executive producer

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David Crockett

executive producer

Cast

Christine Baranski actor Cynthia Nixon actor Carrie Coon actor Morgan Spector actor Taissa Farmiga actor Blake Ritson actor Louisa Jacobson actor Denée Benton actor Harry Richardson actor Simon Jones actor Jack Gilpin actor Ben Ahlers actor Debra Monk actor Taylor Richardson actor Celia Keenan-Bolger actor Kristine Nielsen actor Douglas Sills actor Kelli O'Hara actor Patrick Page actor Donna Murphy actor