Helen Mirren Filmography
The Collection
Role: Stella Horne
All four of the main characters are involved in the rag trade. Two are a married couple (Helen Mirren and Alan Bates) and the others are a pair of male "housemates" (Laurence Olivier and Malcolm McDowell). When Stella (Mirren) and Bill (McDowell) meet at a fashion show something happens at the hotel. Or does it?
Is she lying or is he? Or both? And what about those olives? Nothing much is answered or explained in this one hour plus play, not unusual with Pinter.
The four actors give fine performances. There is not a lot of screen time for Mirren, though she is quite stunning. A beautiful compliant white kitten also figures into the story.
