---
title: 'Nell Gwyn (1926)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Herbert Wilcox'
released: '1926-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Romance'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nell-gwyn-1926'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017198/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nell Gwyn (1926)

1926 · 80 min · Romance, History · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Nell Gwyn is a 1926 British silent romance film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Dorothy Gish, Randle Ayrton and Juliette Compton. It was based on the 1926 novel Mistress Nell Gwyn by Marjorie Bowen and follows the life of Nell Gwynne, the mistress of Charles II. Wilcox later made a second version of the film in 1934, Nell Gwyn which starred Anna Neagle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Herbert Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-wilcox)
- **Producer:** [Herbert Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/herbert-wilcox)
- **Screenplay:** [Marjorie Bowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/marjorie-bowen)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roy Overbaugh](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-overbaugh)
- **Editor:** [William Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-hamilton)

## Cast

- [Dorothy Gish](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorothy-gish)
- [Juliette Compton](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliette-compton)
- [Randle Ayrton](https://cinepixo.com/people/randle-ayrton)
- [Sydney Fairbrother](https://cinepixo.com/people/sydney-fairbrother)

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