Kate Winslet to act in the remake of “Mildred Pierce”

February 15, 2010, By Mary Fonseca in Film

Oscar winning actress Kate Winslet has reportedly signed on to be the star of the HBO mini-series version of Mildred Pierce.

The Mildred Pierce story is about a single mother who works a a waitress so that she can provide for her two daughters during the Depression. Mildred becomes very fond of her eldest girl once her younger child passes away, but the older girl seems very unappreciative of all the work that she does and eventually shoots her stepdad.

Mildred Pierce is a 1945 movie that won actress Joan Crawford an Academy Award. This role also happens to be Kate Winslet’s first five-hour TV special ever since her role in the The Reader last year.

Kate Winslet is one of Hollywood’s biggest actresses and is well known for her award winning role of ‘Rose’ in the blockbuster movie Titanic.

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