Film Adaptations

Main source: Patsy Stoneman's "Bronte Transformations"

Jane Eyre (1909)

Italian silent film


Jane Eyre (1910)

Italian silent film

Director: Mario Caseini


Jane Eyre (1910)

  • Irma Taylor (Jane Eyre)

  • Frank Crane (Mr. Rochester)

  • Amelia Barleon

  • Alphonse Ethier

  • Wm Garwood

Director: Theodore Marston


Jane Eyre (1914)

  • Ethel Grandin (Jane Eyre)

  • Irving Cummings (Mr. Rochester)

  • Miss Hazeltone

  • Howard Crompton

  • Jane Gail

Director: George Loane Tucker


Jane Eyre (1914)

  • Alberta Roy (Jane Eyre)

  • Lisbeth Blackstone

  • Mary Frye Clements

  • Viola Allen Frayne

  • Mary Moore

  • Valery Sheahan

  • Mrs. Middleton

  • Harrish Ingraham

  • Edwin Brandt

  • John Charles

  • F.E. Nevin

  • Emile LaCroix

Director: Martin J. Faust

(film ends with Jane saving a blind Rochester from a precipice!)


Jane Eyre (1914)

  • Lisbeth Blackstone

  • John Charles


The Castle of Thornfield (1915)

Italian film


Jane Eyre (1915)

  • Louise Vale (Jane Eyre)

  • Alan Hale (Mr. Rochester)

  • Franklin Ritchie

  • Gretchen Hartman

  • Hector V. Sarno

Director: Travers Vale


Jane Eyre (1915)

Richard Tucker


Jane Eyre (1915)

Conway Teale


Jane Eyre (1915)

Percy Haswell


The Master of Thornfield (1915)


Jane Eyre (1915)

  • Kate Bruce

  • Hector Barrington


Jane Eyre (1915)

  • Louise Vale

  • Franklin Ritchie


Le memorie di una istitutrice (1917)

  • Valentina Frascaroli

  • Dillo Lombardi

  • Fernanda Sinimberghi

  • Director: Riccardo Tolentino

Italian film


Woman and Wife (1918)

  • Alice Brady (Jane Eyre)

  • Elliot Dexter (Mr. Rochester

Director: Edwin Jose

(Rochester believes Bertha to be dead until Mason tells him the truth to blackmail him. Bertha eventually drowns and Rochester and Jane marry)


The Orphan of Lowood (1920)

Hungarian Film


Jane Eyre (1921)

  • Mabel Ballin (Jane Eyre)

  • Norman Trevor (Mr. Rochester)

Director: Hugo Ballin


Die Waise Von Lowood (1926)

  • Evelyn Holt (Jane Eyre)

  • Olaf Fonss (Mr. Rochester)

Director: Kurt Bernhardt

German film


Jane Eyre (1933)


Jane Eyre (1934)

  • Virginia Bruce

  • Colin Clive

Director: Christy Cabanne

Screenplay by Adele Comandini

First talkie version


Jane Eyre: A Drama of Passion (1936)

  • Curigwen Lewis


Jane Eyre (1939)

  • Flora Campbell

  • Dennis Hoey


Jane Eyre (1944)

  • Joan Fontaine

  • Orson Welles

Director: Robert Stevenson

Screenplay by John Houseman, Aldous Huxley, Henry Koster and Robert Stevenson

Ethel Griffies, plays Grace Poole in this version as well as in the earlier 1934 version.

During a scene in Jane Eyre in which Orson Welles was to be burned to death, he hollered to his co-star Joan Fontaine, "I now know what Joan of Arc endured!"

"Keep your spirits up," she called back. "We'll let you know if we smell burning ham!"


Jane Eyre (1946)

  • Mary Mackenzie

  • Anthony Hawtrey


Jane Eyre (1948)

  • Barbara Mullen

  • Reginald Tate


Jane Eyre (1949)

  • Mary Sinclair

  • Charlton Heston

Aired on "Studio One"- an American drama anthology program. Mary Sinclair also played Cathy, with Charlton Heston as Heathcliff in a "Studio One" production of "Wuthering Heights".


Jane Eyre (1951)

  • Kathleen Crowley

  • John Baragrey

For Kraft Television Theatre


Jane Eyre (1952)

  • Katharine Bard

  • Kevin McCarthy

Another "Studio One" production with a similar script and setting to the previous version.


Sangdil (1952)

  • Madhubala

  • Dilip Kumar

Director: R.C. Talwar

Hindi film


Jane Eyre (1953)

  • Jan Sherwood

Screenplay by Jay Bennett

for Monodrama Theater

"Reader's theater" with the actor(s) reading their lines in front of a black curtain, with musical cues.


Jane Eyre (1955)

Brazilian tv serial


Jane Eyre (1956)

  • Daphne Slater

  • Stanley Baker

  • Barbara Everest (Mrs. Fairfax)

  • Jane Hardie (Blanche Ingram)

  • Jane Henderson (Grace Poole)

  • Eric Lander (St. John Rivers)

  • Valerie Smith (Adele)

  • Jennifer Wright (Mary Rivers)

Director: Campbell Logan

Screenplay by Constance Cox and Ian Dallas


Mei Gu (1956)

  • Lin Dai

  • Chun Yen

  • Han Hsiang Li

Director: Chun Yen

Adaptation from Hong Kong in Mandarin


Jane Eyre (1957)

  • Joan Elam

  • Patrick MacNee

For Matinee Theatre

Director: Lamont Johnson

Screenplay by Robert Esson


Jane Eyre (1957)

  • Ilaria Occhini

  • Raf Vallone

  • Margherita Bagni

  • Matteo Spinola

An Italian mini-series in 5 parts

Director: Anton Giulio Majano

Adaptation by Franca Cancogni


Jane Eyre (1958)

  • Mia Goossen

  • Rob de Vries

  • Martine Crefcour

  • Hetty Beck

Director: Peter Hoen

Adaptation from the Netherlands

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Hatha Al Rajol Ohebboh (1958)

  • Magda

  • Yehia Chahine

Director: Kamal Attia


Jane Eyre (1961)

  • Sally Ann Howes

  • Zachary Scott

  • Laurie Main (St. John Rivers)

  • Bibi Osterwald (Grace Poole)

  • Barbara Robbins (Mrs. Fairfax)

  • Fritz Weaver (Mason)

Director: Marc Daniels

Screenplay by Michael Dyne

For "Family Classics"

The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research has a copy of the program in their archives. source

Also viewable at the Paley Center in Los Angeles and New York


Jane Eyre (1963)

  • Ann Bell

  • Richard Leech

Director: Rex Tucker

Screenplay by Constance Cox


El Secreto (1963)

  • Magda Guzman

  • Jose Gálvez

  • Aurora Cortes

Director: Jesus Valero

Screenplay by Raul Zenteno

Mexican soap opera


“Jane Eyre” (1968)

  • Hristinia Sylva

  • Manos Katrakis

Director: Yiorgos Lois

Greek adaptation


Jane Eyre (1970)

  • Susannah York

  • George C. Scott

Watch the movie


Jana Eyrová (1972)

  • Marta Vancurová

  • Jan Kačer

Director: Vera Jordánová

A miniseries shown in 4 parts in the CSSR


Novela - Jane Eyre (1971)

  • Maria Luisa Merlo

  • Rafael Arcos

Part of the Spanish TV series "Novela"

Watch episodes here


Jane Eyre (1973)

  • Sorcha Cusack

  • Michael Jayston

Director: Joan Craft

Screenplay by Robin Chapman

more information


Ardiente Secreto (1978)

  • Daniela Romo (Mariana)

  • Joaquin Cordero (Eduardo)

  • Lorena Velazquez

  • Virginia Manzano

  • Dolores Tinoco

  • Patricia Tanus (Adela)

  • Ada Carrasco

  • Eduardo Linan

  • Erika Carrasco (Mariana-as a child)

20 part serial shown in Mexico

More information

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Jane Eyre (1983)

  • Zelah Clarke

  • Timothy Dalton

Director: Julian Amyes

Screenplay by Alexander Baron


Jane Eyre (1996)

  • Charlotte Gainsbourg

  • William Hurt

Director: Franco Zeffirelli

Screenplay by Hugh Whitemore and Franco Zeffirelli


Jane Eyre (1997)

  • Samantha Morton

  • Ciaran Hinds

Director: Robert Young

Screenplay by Richard Hawley, Kay Mellor and Peter Wright


Jane Eyre (2006)

  • Ruth Wilson

  • Toby Stephens

Director: Susanna White

Screenplay by Sandy Welch


Kula Kumariya (2007)

  • Ravindra Randeniya

  • Anarkalli Aakarsha

  • G.R. Perera

Director: Bermin Lylie Fernando

Adaptation in Sri Lanka


Jane Eyre (2011)

  • Mia Wasikowska

  • Michael Fassbender

  • Jamie Bell

  • Judi Dench

Director: Cary Fukunaga

Screenplay by Moira Buffini

more information


The Autobiography of Jane Eyre (2013-14)

  • Alysson Hall

  • Adam J. Wright

  • Lucas Hall

  • Alissa Hansen

This is a modernized adaptation set as a youtube vlog series

Series Website