The Chaperone holds a 47% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 58 reviews, with an average of 5.7/10. The film had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 23, 2018. Principal photography began in August 2017. Victoria Hill, Greg Clark, Luca Scalisi, Rose Ganguzza, Kelly Carmichael and Gary Hamilton also served as producers on the film. The film received a theatrical release prior to airing on PBS. Masterpiece, Altus Media, and Rose Pictures produced the film, with PBS Distribution distributing it. In May 2017, it was announced Michael Engler would direct the film, instead of Curtis, who remained as executive producer on the film. Fox Searchlight Pictures would distribute the film.

In February 2013, it was announced Elizabeth McGovern would star in the film, with Simon Curtis directing from a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, based upon the novel by Laura Moriarty, with McGovern, Curtis, Eli Selden, and Adam Shulman producing under their Anonymous Content banner. Elizabeth McGovern as Norma (The Chaperone).The story centers on Norma Carlisle, a middle-aged woman who chaperones the teenage Louise Brooks, who ventures to New York City to study dance at the Denishawn school. It was released on March 29, 2019, by PBS Distribution. It had its world premiere at the Los Angeles Film Festival on September 23, 2018. It stars Elizabeth McGovern, Haley Lu Richardson, Miranda Otto, Blythe Danner, Campbell Scott, Géza Röhrig and Victoria Hill. The Chaperone is a 2018 period drama film, directed by Michael Engler, with a screenplay by Julian Fellowes, from the novel by Laura Moriarty.

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