Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel is a 1987 made-for-television film. Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel is its title on re-airings and DVD releases, but its original airing title in Canada was Anne of Avonlea. It was aired in the United States as Anne of Avonlea: The Continuing Story of Anne of Green Gables.

Plot
Anne Shirley is seventeen years old when the sequel begins, a little while after Anne of Green Gables left off. She is also the Avonlea schoolteacher without a boring moment in the Avonlea School class. She also eventually takes on a teaching position at Summerside High School and finds herself at first at odds with not only the Pringles of Summerside, but the prickly Principal, Katherine Brooke, whom it turns out had a less than happy childhood and adolescence. Anne sets out to win the Pringles, and Miss Brooke.

Anne has also written a very flowery romance novel, which is titled "Averil's Atonement". Diana Barry has enjoyed the story so much that she sends it to Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Co. to be published. Gilbert Blythe, on the other hand, is rather critical of the story, and adds that people in real-life don't use such highflown language, that the hero seldom ever did anything other than talk constantly and moon over the heroine, and that Anne would have been better off writing about a setting and the kind of people she knew something about. They both get into an argument and won't speak to each other. To make matters worse, Anne feels terribly ashamed that her story was published by Rollings Reliable, although understanding that Diana had only wanted to help. It also turns out that Diana is engaged to Fred Wright, and they are married at a certain point.

Main cast

 * Megan Follows as Anne Shirley
 * Jonathan Crombie as Gilbert Blythe
 * Colleen Dewhurst as Marilla Cuthbert

Other cast

 * Patricia Hamilton as Rachel Lynde
 * Schuyler Grant as Diana Barry
 * Rosemary Radcliffe as Elizabeth Barry
 * Robert Collins as George Barry
 * Morgan Chapman as Minnie May Barry
 * Charmion King as Josephine Barry
 * Mag Ruffman as Alice Lawson
 * Leslie Carlson as Charles Lawson
 * Bruce McCulloch as Fred Wright
 * David Hughes as Thomas Lynde
 * David Fox as John Blythe
 * Trish Nettleton as Jane Andrews
 * Rod Heffernan as Harry Inglis
 * Jennifer Inch as Ruby Gillis
 * Ian Heath as Anthony Pye
 * James O'Regan as Mr. Pye
 * Hudson Sullivan as Fred Wright Jr.
 * Miranda de Pencier as Josie Pye
 * Zack Ward as Moody Spurgeon MacPherson
 * Sheila Harcourt as Christine Stuart
 * Martin Donlevy as Jerry Boute
 * Jacqueline Blais as Mrs. Harrison
 * Kay Hawtrey as Mabel Sloane
 * Anna Ferguson as Mrs. Boulter
 * Brigit Wilson as Tillie Boulter


 * Fraser Chapman as Tommy Bell
 * Frank Converse as Morgan Harris
 * Wendy Hiller as Margaret Harris
 * Kate Lynch as Pauline Harris
 * Geneviéve Appleton as Emmeline Harris
 * Rosemary Dunsmore as Katherine Brooke
 * Marilyn Lightstone as Muriel Stacy
 * Kathryn Trainor as Essie
 * Susannah Hoffmann as Jen Pringle
 * Molly MacNeil as Myra Pringle
 * Fiona McGillivray as Hattie Pringle
 * London Juno as Jimsie Pringle
 * Dave Foley as Lewis Allen
 * Naula Fitzgerald as Mrs. Tom Pringle
 * Meg Hogarth as Mrs. James Pringle
 * Carolyn Hetherington as Mrs. Walter Pringle
 * Lynne Gorman as Mrs. John Pringle
 * Maxine Millear as Mrs. Albert Pringle
 * Robert Gailbraith as Mr. Pringle
 * Louise Nicol as Miss Kerr
 * Ingrid Bauer as Miss MacKay
 * Charles Jolliffe as Alec McGuiness
 * Joe Franklin as Isaac Kent
 * Glori Gage as Elvira Evans

Co-Starring

 * Patricia Carroll Brown as Avonlea Townswoman
 * Chick Roberts as Avonlea Townsman
 * Arlene Meadows as Soprano at Wedding
 * Michael Fletcher as Minister
 * Janice Bryan as Maid at Mrs. Pringle's
 * Dora Dainton as Maid at Maplehurst
 * Gladys O'Connor as Maid at Maplehurst


 * Marilyn Boyle as Gossip at Ball
 * Araby Lockhart as Gossip at Ball
 * Lionel Purcell as Cab Driver
 * Blair Purcell as Wagon Driver
 * Richard Cryer as Shepherd
 * Ellen Wilkes Irmisch as Schoolgirl
 * Jordan-Patrick Marcantonio as Young Boy
 * Autumn Smith as KLC Girl

Casting

 * Mag Ruffman, who portrayed Alice Lawson in Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, also appeared in Road to Avonlea as Olivia King, one of main characters.
 * David Fox played John Blythe in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel. In Road to Avonlea, he portrayed Clive Pettibone, the husband of Muriel Stacy.
 * Rosemary Dunsmore, who played Katherine Brooke in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, also appeared in Road to Avonlea in role of Abigail MacEwan.
 * Kate Lynch played Pauline Harris in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel. In Road to Avonlea, she portrayed Theodora Dixen.
 * James O'Regan, who played Mr. Pye in Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, also portrayed Abner Jeffiries in Road to Avonlea.
 * Robert Collins portrayed George Barry in Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel. In Road to Avonlea he appeared in role of Blair Stanley.
 * Jennifer Inch, who portrayed Ruby Gillis in Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel, also played Maid at Stanley Estate and Sara's mother in Road to Avonlea.