We just finished watching Cranford on Masterpiece on PBS. While we were watching, it seemed like we had seen every other member of the cast in a film adaptation of a Jane Austen novel. And this is why IMDB exists. Here’s a list of the cast members of Cranford who also appeared in an Austen film (many of the cast also were in Jane Eyre and The Queen):

Martha: Claudie Blakley
Austen film appearance: Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Charlotte Lucas

Miss Matty Jenkyns: Judi Dench
Austen film appearance: Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Lady Catherine de Bourg

Dr. Harrison: Simon Woods
Austen film appearance: Pride & Prejudice (2005) as Mr. Bingley

Miss Pole: Imelda Staunton
Austen film appearance: Sense and Sensibility (1995) as Charlotte Jennings Palmer

Jessie Brown: Julia Sawalha
Austen film appearance: Pride and Prejudice (1995) as Lydia Bennet

Sir Charles Maulver: Greg Wise
Austen film appearance: Sense and Sensibility (1995) as John Willoughby

Major Gordon: Alistair Petrie
Austen film appearance: Emma (1996) as Robert Martin

Mr. Holbrook: Michael Gambon
Austen film appearance: Emma (2009) as Mr. Woodhouse.

And of course, we know Gambon better as this guy: