Emma Thompson as Margaret Schlegel

Helena Bonham Carter as Helen Schlegel

Anthony Hopkins as Henry J. Wilcox

Samuel West as Leonard Bast

Vanessa Redgrave as Ruth Wilcox

Adrian Ross Magenty as Tibby Schlegel

Prunella Scales as Aunt Juley

James Wilby as Charles Wilcox

Joseph Bennett as Paul Wilcox

Jo Kendall as Annie

Jemma Redgrave as Evie Wilcox

Crispin Bonham-Carter as Albert Fussell

Ian Latimer as Station Master

Siegbert Prawer as Man Asking a Question

Susie Lindeman as Dolly Wilcox

Nicola Duffett as Jacky Bast

Mark Tandy as Luncheon Guests

Andrew St. Clair as Luncheon Guests

Anne Lambton as Luncheon Guests

Emma Godfrey as Luncheon Guests

Duncan Brown as Luncheon Guests

Iain Kelly as Luncheon Guests

Atalanta White as Maid at Howards End

Gerald Paris as Porphyrion Supervisor

Allie Byrne as Blue-stockings

Sally Geoghegan as Blue-stockings

Paula Stockbridge as Blue-stockings

Bridget Duvall as Blue-stockings

Lucy Freeman as Blue-stockings

Harriet Stewart as Blue-stockings

Tina Leslie as Blue-stockings

Mark Payton as Percy Cahill

Delaney Davidson as Simpson's Carver

Mary McWilliams as Wilcox Baby

Barbara Hicks as Miss Avery

Rodney Rymell as Chauffeur

Luke Parry as Tom, the Farmer's Boy

Antony Gilding as Bank Supervisor

Peter Cellier as Colonel Fussell

Patricia Lawrence as Wedding Guests

Margery Mason as Wedding Guests

Jim Bowden as Martlett

Alan James as Porphyrion Chief Clerk

Jocelyn Cobb as Telegraph Operator

Peter Darling as Doctor

Terence Sach as Delivery Man

Brian Lipson as Police Inspector

Mary Nash as Pianist

Barr Heckstall-Smith as Helen's Child

Simon Callow as Music and Meaning Lecturer (uncredited)