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The Gilded Age TV Series Details
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genres | Historical drama |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 17 |
| Release date | January 24, 2022 – present |
| Running time | 46–80 minutes |
| Age rating | TV-MA |
| Starring | Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, Blake Ritson, Thomas Cocquerel, Simon Jones, Jack Gilpin, Cynthia Nixon, Christine Baranski |
| Created by | Julian Fellowes |
| Directed by | Michael Engler, Salli Richardson Whitfield, Deborah Kampmeier, Crystle Roberson Dorsey |
| Written by | Julian Fellowes, Sonja Warfield |
| Produced by | Holly Rymon, Claire M. Shanley |
| Executive producers | Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Michael Engler, Salli Richardson Whitfield, David Crockett, Robert Greenblatt |
| Cinematography by | Manuel Billeter, Vanja Cernjul, Lula Carvalho |
| Edited by | Malcolm Jamieson, William Henry, Colleen Sharp, Shelby Siegel, Beth Moran |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams, Rupert Gregson-Williams |
| Casting by | Adam Caldwell, Bernard Telsey |
| Production Design by | Bob Shaw |
| Art Direction by | Larry W. Brown, Laura Ballinger, Ann Bartek, Scott Adam Davis, Dylan Rykerson, C.J. Simpson, Ryan Heck |
| Set Decoration by | Regina Graves, Robert Comire, Lisa Scoppa, Philippa Culpepper |
| Costume Design by | Kasia Walicka Maimone, Patrick Wiley |
| Production Company | Neamo Film and Television, Universal Television, HBO Entertainment |
| Original Network | HBO |
The Gilded Age Cast & Characters
Main
- Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell, determined to use her money and position to break into a polite society that resists change and newcomers at every turn.
- Morgan Spector as George Russell, Bertha’s husband, and a classic robber baron representing “new money.”
- Louisa Jacobson as Marian Brook, a penniless young gentlewoman whose circumstances force her to live with her estranged aunts.
- Denée Benton as Peggy Scott, a young ambitious African-American writer who works as Agnes’ secretary.
- Taissa Farmiga as Gladys Russell, debuts in society at the end of season one, innocent and naïve, yet ready to be treated as an adult and bridles against her mother, Bertha’s, plans for her.
- Harry Richardson as Larry Russell, a recent Harvard University graduate eager to make his way in the world.
- Blake Ritson as Oscar van Rhijn, Agnes’ intelligent and charismatic son who is looking for a rich heiress to guarantee him a proper standard of living and act as a shield for his homosexuality.
- Thomas Cocquerel as Tom Raikes (season 1), a sensible young lawyer, smitten when he meets Marian Brook, his late client’s young adult daughter.
- Simon Jones as Mr. Alfred Bannister, the Van Rhijns’ self-aggrandizing English butler who keeps the rest of the staff in check.
- Jack Gilpin as Mr. Church, the Russell family’s butler, a supporter of Mrs. Russell, excelling at his job.
- Cynthia Nixon as Ada Forte (née Brook), Agnes’ spinster sister who is reliant upon her charity until marrying later in life. She is much sharper than is initially thought.
- Christine Baranski as Agnes van Rhijn (née Brook), a proud and stubborn old money socialite, matriarch of the van Rhijn-Brook family.
- Ben Ahlers as John “Jack” Trotter (season 2; recurring: season 1), footman of the Van Rhijn household.
- Michael Cerveris as Mr. Watson (season 2; recurring: season 1), George Russell’s valet with a mysterious past.
- Celia Keenan-Bolger as Mrs. Bruce (season 2; recurring: season 1), the Russells’ housekeeper.
- Debra Monk as Mrs. Armstrong (season 2; recurring: season 1), Mrs. Van Rhijn’s catty lady’s maid.
- Donna Murphy as Caroline Schermerhorn Astor (season 2; recurring: season 1), a prominent American socialite and de facto leader of the elite group of New York society known as “The Four Hundred.”
- Kristine Nielsen as Mrs. Bauer (season 2; recurring: season 1), Mrs. Van Rhijn’s kindly cook. A German immigrant from Hanover who takes young Bridget under her wing.
- Kelli O’Hara as Aurora Fane (season 2; recurring: season 1), Agnes’ niece by marriage who helps both Marian Brook and Mrs. Russell break into society.
- Patrick Page as Richard Clay (season 2; recurring: season 1), George Russell’s loyal secretary.
- Taylor Richardson as Bridget (season 2; recurring: season 1), the Van Rhijn housemaid, troubled by an abusive past.
- Douglas Sills as Monsieur Baudin (season 2; recurring: season 1), the chef of the Russell household who initially presents himself as French before it is revealed that he is Josh Borden from Wichita, Kansas.
- John Douglas Thompson as Arthur Scott (season 2; recurring: season 1), Peggy’s father. As a well-to-do pharmacist, he is a pillar of the Black elite.
- Erin Wilhelmi as Adelheid Weber (season 2; recurring: season 1), a German immigrant from Berlin, Gladys Russell’s lady’s maid.
- Kelley Curran as Mrs. Enid Winterton (née Turner) (season 2; recurring: season 1), Bertha’s ambitious lady’s maid, who does not intend to be a servant forever. She is fired by Mrs. Russell but later re-emerges as the much younger wife of a rich widower.
- Sullivan Jones as T. Thomas Fortune (season 2; recurring: season 1), publisher of the weekly New York Globe.
Recurring
- Audra McDonald as Dorothy Scott, Peggy’s mother.
- Nathan Lane as Ward McAllister, arbiter of social rules and style in old New York.
- Ashlie Atkinson as Mamie Fish, American socialite and self-styled “fun-maker.”
- Ward Horton as Charles Fane, Aurora’s husband and one of the city’s aldermen.
- Claybourne Elder as John Adams, Oscar’s secret lover.
- Jeanne Tripplehorn as Sylvia Chamberlain, a socialite excluded from high society due to past actions. (season 1)
- Katie Finneran as Anne Morris, determined to keep new money out of her circle.[7] (season 1)
- John Sanders as Stanford White, an up-and-coming American architect (season 1).
- Linda Emond as Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. (season 1)
- Zuzanna Szadkowski as Mabel Ainsley, George Russell’s secretary. (season 1)
- Amy Forsyth as Carrie Astor, the comely daughter of Mrs. Astor. (season 1; guest season 2)
- Robert Sean Leonard as Luke Forte, an unmarried clergyman from Massachusetts (season 2).
- Jeremy Shamos as Mr. Gilbert, a financier working to open the new Metropolitan Opera House. (season 2)
- Laura Benanti as Susan Blane, a widow with whom Larry Russell becomes romantically involved. (season 2)
- Nicole Brydon Bloom as Maud Beaton, a young and wealthy socialite who attracts Oscar van Rhijn’s attention. (season 2)
- David Furr as Dashiell Montgomery, a widowed cousin of the van Rhijns and Aurora Fane. (season 2)
- Matilda Lawler as Frances Montgomery, Dashiell’s teenage daughter. (season 2)
- Ben Lamb as the Duke of Buckingham (season 2)
- Dakin Matthews as Joshua Winterton, a rich, elderly widower who marries Turner, Bertha Russell’s lady’s maid. (season 2)
Guest
- Bill Irwin as Cornelius Eckhard who, looking for a rich wife, attempts to court Ada Brook, a childhood acquaintance. (season 1)
- Michel Gill as Patrick Morris, Anne’s husband and one of the city’s aldermen. (season 1)
- Tom Blyth as Archie Baldwin (season 1)
- Jordan Waller as Oscar Wilde (season 2)
- Amber Gray as Gloria Valentine (season 2)
- Melanie Nicholls-King as Sarah J. Garnet (season 2)
The Gilded Age Storyline
The series follows Marian Brook, a young woman entering 1882 New York City’s rigid social scene who is drawn into daily conflicts surrounding the new money Russell family and her old money van Rhijn-Brook family. The two are neighbors across 61st Street near Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side of New York. The series explores conflicts of new money, who made their money through industrialism, and old money, who have inherited wealth, the African-American upper class, and the domestic workers who tend to all of their needs.
About The Gilded Age TV Series
The Gilded Age is an American historical drama television series created and written by Julian Fellowes for HBO. It stars Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, Blake Ritson, Thomas Cocquerel, Simon Jones, Jack Gilpin, Cynthia Nixon, and Christine Baranski.
The Gilded Age Development
- In September 2012, The Daily Telegraph reported that Julian Fellowes was working on a Downton Abbey prequel spin-off, initially conceived as a book, later planned for ITV. The show would focus on Lord Grantham and Cora’s romance and marriage.
- In January 2016, Fellowes provided an update on The Gilded Age, stating he hadn’t written the script yet but planned to do so that year and hoped to begin shooting by the end of the year.
- On June 4, 2016, Fellowes explained the project’s progress, saying he was deeply immersed in research. He highlighted the uniqueness of the American Gilded Age, contrasting it with Europe, where American wealth in the 1880s and ’90s had no boundaries, unlike the old guard in New York.
- In January 2018, NBC confirmed the show would be produced, initially planned to consist of ten episodes and premiere in 2019. Fellowes expressed excitement about bringing the period of American history to a modern audience.
- In May 2019, the series moved from NBC to HBO with a straight-to-series order.
- The Gilded Age premiered on HBO on January 24, 2022, with nine episodes.
- On February 14, 2022, HBO renewed the series for a second season.
- On December 21, 2023, HBO renewed the series for a third season.
The Gilded Age Casting
- In September 2019, the initial cast for The Gilded Age was announced, featuring Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Amanda Peet, and Morgan Spector.
- In November 2019, Denée Benton, Louisa Jacobson, Taissa Farmiga, Blake Ritson, and Simon Jones were added to the cast.
- In January 2020, Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel, and Jack Gilpin were cast as series regulars, with Jeanne Tripplehorn in a recurring role.
- In April 2020, Carrie Coon was cast as Bertha Russell to replace Peet due to delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The costuming team adjusted their approach, using Coon’s presentation as inspiration for metallic-colored dresses reflecting the emerging machine age.
- In January 2021, Nathan Lane joined the cast in a recurring role.
- In April 2022, it was announced that several recurring cast members were upgraded to series regulars for the second season, while Thomas Cocquerel would exit the series.
- In August 2024, Bill Camp, Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, LisaGay Hamilton, Jessica Frances Dukes, Andrea Martin, Hattie Morahan, and Paul Alexander Nolan were cast for the third season.
- In November 2024, Dylan Baker, Kate Baldwin, Michael Cumpsty, John Ellison Conlee, Bobby Steggert, and Hannah Shealy were also cast for the third season.
The Gilded Age Filming
- Following the move to HBO, the series was expected to begin filming in March 2020, but production was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Filming began in February 2021 in Newport, Rhode Island, at the mansions Chateau-sur-Mer, The Elms, and The Breakers. A casting call for Rhode Islanders to work as extras was made in December 2020.
- In April 2021, filming continued at the Lyndhurst mansion in Tarrytown, New York, and the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, New York.
- In May 2021, filming moved to Troy, New York, in its Central Troy Historic District, where multiple city blocks were transformed to resemble a Victorian-era street.
- During filming, a horse died on set. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals requested an investigation, and HBO confirmed the death, stating the horse likely died of natural causes according to a veterinarian’s preliminary findings.
- Filming for season two began in August 2022 at various locations around White Plains, New York, including Manhattanville College’s Reid Hall, which was used for several locations, such as offices, a home parlor, and an art gallery/museum.
- Other filming locations for season two included Albany, Cohoes, Troy, Long Island, and Philadelphia. Scenes set at Susan Blade’s home were filmed at Kingscote in Newport. The street backlot was located near Old Bethpage, New York, on Long Island.
- Filming for the third season began in July 2024.
The Gilded Age Release Date
| Season | Episodes | First Released | Last Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | January 24, 2022 | March 21, 2022 |
| 2 | 8 | October 29, 2023 | December 17, 2023 |
The Gilded Age premiered on January 24, 2022, on HBO and HBO Max. In Australia, Paramount+ acquired the series as a “Paramount+ Exclusive”, premiering on January 26, 2022. This also marks the first time a recent HBO series has skipped Foxtel in Australia, premiering on a non-Foxtel service as Foxtel has an output deal for HBO shows.
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Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Cable Network Series, Drama | The Gilded Age | Nominated |
| 2022 | Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | Best Writing in a Broadcast Network or Cable Series, Drama | Julian Fellowes (for “Face the Music”) | Nominated |
| 2022 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) | Bob Shaw, Larry Brown, Laura Ballinger Gardner, and Regina Graves (for “Never the New”) | Won |
| 2022 | Set Decorators Society of America Awards | Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a One Hour Period Series | Regina Graves and Bob Shaw | Nominated |
| 2023 | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Drama / Genre Series | Carrie Coon | Nominated |
| 2023 | Satellite Awards | Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film | Cynthia Nixon | Nominated |
| 2023 | Art Directors Guild Awards | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Period Single-Camera Series | Bob Shaw (for “Never the New”) | Nominated |
| 2023 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Television | Kasia Walicka-Maimone (for “Let the Tournament Begin”) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Art Directors Guild Awards | Excellence in Production Design for a One-Hour Period Single-Camera Series | Bob Shaw (for “His Grace the Duke”, “Close Enough to Touch”, “Warning Shots”) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series | Audra McDonald | Nominated |
| 2024 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Guest Performance in a Drama Series | Michael Braugher | Nominated |
| 2024 | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series | Julian Fellowes & Sonja Warfield (for “Close Enough to Touch”) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Costume Designers Guild Awards | Excellence in Period Television | Kasia Walicka Maimone and Patrick Wiley (for “You Don’t Even Like Opera”) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series | Various[a] | Nominated |
| 2024 | Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards | Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling | Sean Flanigan, Christine Fennell-Harlan, Jonathan Sharpless, Aaron Kinchen | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Drama Series | The Gilded Age | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series | Carrie Coon | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series | Christine Baranski | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Period Costumes for a Series | Kasia Walicka Maimone, Patrick Wiley, Isabelle Simone, Denise Andres, Rebecca Levin Lore (for “You Don’t Even Like Opera”) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling | Sean Flanigan, Christine Fennell-Harlan, Jonathan Zane-Sharpless, Aaron Mark Kinchen, Tim Harvey, Jennifer M. Bullock (for “You Don’t Even Like Opera”) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) | Bob Shaw, Larry W. Brown, Lisa Crivelli Scoppa (for “Close Enough to Touch”) | Nominated |
| 2024 | Set Decorators Society of America Awards | Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a One Hour Period Series | Lisa Crivelli Scoppa, Bob Shaw | Nominated |
| 2025 | Artios Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Drama Series | Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell, Amelia Rasche McCarthy | Pending |
| 2025 | Satellite Awards | Best Actress in a Drama or Genre Series | Carrie Coon | Pending |
