Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise Thelma & Louise is a 1991 American road film directed by Ridley Scott and written by Callie Khouri. It stars Geena Davis as Thelma and Susan Sarandon as Louise, two friends who embark on a road trip with unforeseen consequences. The supporting cast include Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen, and Brad Pitt in his first major film role. The film became a critical and commercial success, receiving six Academy Award nominations and winning for Best Original Screenplay. Scott was nominated for Best Director, and both Sarandon and Davis were nominated for Best Actress. At its release, the film
Louise English Louise English Louise English (born 1962,) is an English actress with many roles in West End plays and nationally touring musical theatre productions who was a regular performer on "The Benny Hill Show" from 1978 to 1986, as one of Benny's Angels (the show ran from 1955 to 1991). Louise's mother, Elizabeth (Liz) English, was an actress, singer, and dancer who appeared in "Evening Stars", a review that toured with Benny Hill during his early show business career. Liz voiced Marie the kitten in Disney's 1970 animated film "The Aristocats". She appeared in "Oliver!" with British actor Ron Moody and