Who played Helena in the group?

The Group (1966) – Kathleen Widdoes as Helena – IMDb.

When was the group written?

The Group, published in 1963 and set in 1933, is the story of eight friends who graduate from Vassar College and their post-graduate lives. (From this point on: spoilers abound.)

Who played Kay in the group?

Principal Cast: Candice Bergen (Elinor Eastlake), Joan Hackett (Dottie Renfrew), Elizabeth Hartman (Priss Hartshorn), Shirley Knight (Polly Andrews), Joanna Pettet (Kay Strong), Mary-Robin Redd (Pokey Prothero), Jessica Walter (Libby McAusland), Kathleen Widdoes (Helena Davison). C-150m.

Where was the film the group filmed?

The college scenes were shot at Connecticut College for Women in New London Connecticut. The book was somewhat autobiographical about Mary McCarthy and her friends who went to Vassar College. In 1969 both colleges went coed and began to admit men.

What is the book the group about?

Mary McCarthy’s The Group follows eight young women who graduate from Vassar in 1933 and the course their lives take over the next seven years. The novel kicks off with the rather impulsive wedding of one of their number, Kay, to her long-distance and mysterious boyfriend Harald almost immediately after graduation.

Who is Kay Andrews?

Elizabeth Kay Andrews, Baroness Andrews, OBE, FSA (born 16 May 1943) is a British Labour politician and life peer. She was Chair of English Heritage from July 2009 to July 2013.