Robert Stevenson Director, Screenwriter Joan Fontaine Jane Eyre Actor Orson Welles Edward Rochester Actor Margaret O'Brien Adele Varens Actor Peggy Ann Garner Young Jane Eyre Actor John Sutton Dr. Rivers Actor Sara Allgood Bessie Actor Henry Daniell Henry Brocklehurst Actor Agnes Moorehead Mrs. Reed Actor Aubrey Mather Colonel Dent Actor Edith Barrett Mrs. Fairfax Actor Barbara Everest Lady Ingram Actor Hillary Brooke Blanche Ingram Actor Ethel Griffies Grace Poole (uncredited) Actor Eily Malyon Mrs. Scatcherd (uncredited) Actor Erskine Sanford Mr. Briggs (uncredited) Actor John Abbott Mason (uncredited) Actor Elizabeth Taylor Helen Burns (uncredited) Actor Mae Marsh Leah (uncredited) Actor Mary Forbes Mrs. Eshtor (uncredited) Actor Thomas Louden Sir George Lynn (uncredited) Actor William Goetz Producer Aldous Huxley Screenwriter John Houseman Screenwriter