Notorious Woman(1974)

Notorious Woman is a 1974 BBC miniseries following the life of French novelist George Sand, born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin. Rosemary Harris stars as Sand, a woman who scandalized 19th-century society through her unconventional choices: wearing men's clothing, smoking cigars in public, and conducting a celebrated romance with composer Frédéric Chopin. Across seven episodes, the drama charts Sand's defiance of rigid social codes and her determination to forge her own path as a writer and independent woman. Written by Harry W. Junkin and directed by Waris Hussein, the series earned Harris a Primetime Emmy for her commanding performance, capturing both the glamour and the isolation of a life lived on her own terms.