I love how she just casually calls him a chauvinist in an elegant way

Helen is more mature, cultured, self-assured, and charming than the interviewer at her young age and makes Parkinson look like a pretentious prune in a suit. What an absolute delight. No wonder she is so loved to this day.

She oozes class AND sexuality. What a woman

love her voice

Video should be retitled, Mirren plays Parkinson like a puppet. In P1 Parkinson was trying to establish his dominance and following successive failures he escalated with his language, tone and body posture, until Mirren let him think he'd won that's why in P2 he calmed down a little. Mirren was toying with him throughout the interview, it was like watching an adult handle a toddler. I dont know much about Mirren but from this young age she's shown a great deal of intelligence. That comment about men in leather jackets and men in sharp suites completely flew over Parkinson's head, insulted him right to his face and he had no idea what she was talking about, absolutely loved it.

she's magnificent isn't she.

When you're finally having a good time and all of a sudden he says, "Let's talk about nudity." YUCK...

I love how her dress strap fell down and she didn't give a crap.

Her sensuality is off the charts, when her strap drop off her shoulder she didn't even bat an eye. This woman is not afraid of aging, she gets better with time. Class!

I love that his sexism doesn't censor her sexuality, or the fact that she is a SEXUAL person. Any other woman would have tried too hard to prove him wrong by acting very non-sexual and insisting in every way possible that she is not just a body....but she didn't resort to that. If she did, she would have been complicit in an all too familiar game set up for many women to lose. She didn't sacrifice her sexuality to prove him wrong, when he was clearly trying to corner her into doing so. He basically tried to shame her. She is sexy and sexual and it's HIS problem if that is all he can see. His loss if he can't comprehend the concurrent existence of her sexuality with her talent and "serious" acting career. What a loser.

She has a fabulous natural beauty inside and out... Big fan.

I’ve always loved Helen Mirren. He acting and the way she carries herself. Seeing this interview made my respect for her just soar.

She did a nice job of trolling him at the end of the interview. She took control in a way.

hahaha helen mirren, pure unadulterated grace and consistency.

This is one of the sexiest women I think I’ve ever seen. She doesn’t try to be, she just is. She is still a beautiful lady today as well as her younger years. A classic looking woman!

33 years later, and she still shines as a great actress, and still possesses a modest sensuality and beauty.

"do your 'attributes' prevent you from being a 'serious' actress" he asked of the woman about to open as Lady Macbeth on the London stage.

Flirting and destroying at the same time. Love it.

"ok, now let's talk about NUDITY..." wow dude.. great segway into that one

I really agree with her about Playboy. Helps no ones career too.

WOW Wonderful interview with one of the most attractive & talented female actresses of all time & she is still going & improving in her art now. Totally agree with Eric Lord!!!! From a 72yo Aussie fan.

Parkinson came over as an utter arse-hole here and Helen Mirren had SUCH natural dignity. I do hope that he looks at this video and cringes. I'm pleased that he improved as time went by (Helen didn't need to... but did too).

The sneeze and the confused query masterfully broke his cadence on the question she didn't want to answer and he knew it. He beat off into his sock after this interview.

Thank you very much for uploading! Wonderful interview. Gotta love her

I love this woman! She has such an amazing outlook on everything.

''Let's talk about nudity'' fuck me that escalated quick >_>

I worked at the NPG in London for 30 years. 11 years ago at an evening function one of my colleagues spent almost the entire evening talking to Helen. You could say I was a tad jealous.

I had no idea of how gorgeous Helen Mirren was back in those years.

This lady is a talented actor and obviously very clever with it. A pleasure to watch even now.

Parkinson was as subtle as an air raid.

What a class act. Amazing lady.

she is by far quicker than parkinson but he continues to see her a sex object

There are so many things that are very sultry about Helen vs other women (to me at least). Her reserved personality, subtle voice, smile, laughter and wit compound her natural physical beauty. You can sense her delicate inner strength and independence..that enhances her appeal even more. A rare flower.

She's being so nice... Amazing character.

Helen oozes class.

What a classy lady! Honest, intelligent, polite Wish more women were like her.

Mai Zetterling was born in Sweden in 1925, and lived briefly in Australia while still a child. She's known as a director and actor and trained on the Stockholm repertory stage, she began appearing in war-era films starting in her teens. Following her debut in Lasse Maja (1941), she made quite an impact in the terminally dark Ingmar Bergman-written film Torment (1944) [known as Torment in the US and Frenzy in the UK], who went on to direct her in his Music in Darkness (1948) [Music in Darkness]. The international attention she received from her Bergman association led her to England where she debuted in the title role of Frieda (1947), a war drama co-starring David Farrar, Glynis Johns and Flora Robson. Developing modest sex symbol success, she went on to co-star opposite a number of handsome leading men throughout the post-war years in primarily dramatic works, including Dennis Price in The Bad Lord Byron (1949), Dirk Bogarde in Blackmailed (1951), Herbert Lom in The Ringer (1952), Richard Widmark in A Prize of Gold (1955), Tyrone Power in Abandon Ship (1957) (which was a variation on Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944)), John Gregson in Faces in the Dark (1960), William Sylvester in The Devil Inside (1961), and Stanley Baker in The Man Who Finally Died (1963). Along the way she proved just as adaptable and sexy in smart comedy when she came between husband and wife Peter Sellers and Virginia Maskell in Only Two Can Play (1962). Mai abandoned acting in the mid-1960s and courted some controversy when she successfully began sitting in the director's chair. Divorced from Norwegian actor Tutte Lemkow in the early 1950s, she later wed writer David Hughes in 1958, who collaborated with her on a number of her directing ventures, which seemed ahead of their time. Obviously influenced by Bergman, the dark, sexy drama Loving Couples (1964) [Loving Couples] dealt with homosexual themes and featured nudity; Nattlek (1966) [Night Games] revolved around sexual decadency and repression; and The Girls (1968) [The Girls], which had an all-star Swedish cast including Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson, expounded on women's liberation. She divorced her second husband in 1979. She had two children, Louis and Etienne, from her first marriage. Toward the end of her life, Mai made a return to film acting and is best remembered at this late stage for her nurturing and resilient grandmother in the film The Witches (1990) wherein she is forced to tangle with a particularly virulent ringleader Anjelica Huston to save her grandson from her coven of hags. Mai died of cancer in 1994

A brilliant and beautiful woman speaking softly yet directly-there’s nothing more powerful in the world-you can hear a pin drop.

One of my fav actors...... Gorgeous too and original xx

The epitome of class and elegance.

she's a very honest person!

What a charming woman. Strong minded, sexually confident but with the grace of a lady.

When she insinuates he's a chauvinist check out the swallow he does and the intense but muted hiding of his derision in being called out so beautifully.

She's so professional, a treasure

Parky's face at 3.55 when she mentioned male chauvinist. Classic.

Gawd I can't tell if it's British humor or not but this guy is stone cold and pompous. I have to say though I like that she's proud of her sexuality rather than glossing over it or making it either good or bad. I also agree with her on porn. It's kind of ashame so many people either gloss over it like it's great or it's bad when it's just business and a very exploitive one at that. She handles herself well especially given that this is obviously uncut and to a great extent unscripted.

Annie! What to say! THANK YOU again! I know,it is getting usual,but I must say again- you are a treasure!

I haven´t had the chance to meet her in person, but for the times I´ve seen acting her, I can say she´s one of the sexist woman on screen. I love this woman.

Wow - she really owns him doesn't she!

I very much enjoyed this interview split into 2 parts. To me, she sounds quite subversive and subversive people almost always seem difficult or rude to those who don't understand their stance or agree with their views. Personally, I think she makes amazing points about acting iconic roles, Playboy, film nudity, cultural labels and assumptions about the supposed disconnect between talent and female physical beauty. She sounds insightful, strong, forthright and intelligent. She's my heroine.

Thank you, beautiful Helenn Mirren ♥️ Well said !!!

Great interview. Compelling and provocative. A little tension makes the conversation more interesting. I

Lovely interview! Very smart and charming young woman

I knew she'd lose track of his question at the end as soon as she sneezed . I don't know why he overreacted

She has become my favorite female actor and i'm not even english

She’s incredible…so classy and a great laugh.

She made him look like Alan Partridge at 2:00 - just like an Alan sketch "i DO wear a leather jacket!". It's like a Steve Coogan line.

Being able to handle or manipulate the conversation doesn't mean the host didn't pointedly direct the interview toward her physical attributes and sex appeal and repressed childhood (code words for daddy issues). She handled herself beautifully and professionally. No wonder she has legendary status, and this old lech doesn't ring one bell.

I had never seen HM young. My God she oozes sexuality and is also highly intelligent, beautiful, articulate the very definition of the quintessential English Rose. Just WOW !

Whoa, I thought dinosaurs had been extinct long before 1975, and didn't know some of them were hosting talk shows...

I find myself disagreeing with nearly all the comments here. Parkinson is no different here than he was with any other of his guests - yes, he flirts a little - but she flirts back - and it is all in fun - whilst Mirren comes over as a rather pompous and affected act-tooooooooorrrrr . She seems fairly normal these days but I'll bet she was insufferable back then.

This doesn't feel like an interview, it feels like a sterile interrogation...

... still up to now she is absolutely unique and magnificent ... ☆

My God what a performance Helen.

bet he regretted not wearing that leather jacket. wow, she was always fabulous!

Helen's unaffiliated feminism is as relevant now as it was back then. What a dame!

I admire her for not storming off in a rage during this interview.

Thanx beretsherri0001 for uploading this bit of necessary history.

I can often tell who the men who are luckless with women are by the comments they leave on videos of attractive women. I see some here. Tsk, tsk.

Such class.

Ever since I saw her was in King Arthur and I've been in love ever since. She is so awesome.

“Let’s talk about nudity”. I fucking lost it 😂😂😂😂prick.

I love her soft, feminine laugh

Smart,magnificent and beautiful Hellen Mirren,she play him like a puppet

I had not seen many interviews with hellen mirren before this, and i came here from the related column of a recent late night talkshow interview with her. While i found her gracious, intelligent, and funny there, she shows much more of those things here, and this was back in 1975 (well before i was born). Seeing her personality and oppinions here just gave me a huge amount of respect for her, and i would think she has only expanded upon her freethought the last 36 years. I'm too a freethinker :)

Such a huge difference between this interview and the recent one. Even though I'm in Mirren's corner always, time was good to both of them.

I like this era with lovely and free thinking ladies like Helen Mirren and Kate Bush. They were outspoken in a sweet and sincere way.

WOW what an amazingly beautiful looking and a very intelligent and funny HELEM MIRREN ;; and she still is to this day ❤️❤️❤️

I've loved her demeanor, she's a terrific actress!

1:50 i can't get enough of how smart that comment she made there that she made him lose his confidence for a bit.

The Force is strong with her.

This was many years ago,Liberals you need to remember that,not a 2015,interview.

I cannot imagine this interviewer's show being around long enough for there to be a second interview.

You've said it! I was just about to wright a lond comment on his behaviour on that tape....but you've just described it in a very short and precise way.

She has gotten even more attractive with age.

There's no "destroying" here. There were moments of slight awkwardness from sensitive questions, but WTF are people saying he's a major chauvinist and she "destroyed" him?

Hindsight is always 20/20. The era, her potential, television candor, sexism, etc. I'm sure I could find an eerily similar interview on The BBC with Amy Winehouse. Cheers for HM

Her sensuality, confidence and intelligence is off the chart !

I like how she subtly pulled her dress up to reveal a bit more leg .. Very clever lady

Dame Helen, beautifully conscious.

"It's disgusting because it's pretentious and romanticised," she says of Playboy at at 5:05 onwards. He didn't comment, in any interactive way (just made a joke) probably didn't listen, definitely didn't learn. Years later he didn't get it when Meg Ryan denounced romanticism in favour of true (aware) love. He accused Meg Ryan of having a bleak outlook instead of conceding that a realistic friendship can develop into a lasting love. He had a chance to learn here, from a young girl, and didn't.

I love her voice

"You look like a tall wallet", Eric Morecambe was a genius!!!

My take on this interview is Helen Mirren tried in vein to answer his impertinent questions but Parky wasnt having any of it only to ask more dumb questions what a rude man who by the way never puts his male guest in the same position of questioning.

Helen Mirren showed her true class and grace in how she responded to Parkie's sexist prodding.

I recently saw both Helen Mirren an Michael Parkinson talk of this encounter. They both agreed that they were much younger and perhaps a bit sillier then than they are now. It shows!

Lots of comments here speak as if this interview is awkward, complex, and full of subtle devious undertones. I watched it and only saw a straightforward TV interview, conducted by a fellow who showed genuine respect for his guest. The questions were typical, and quite expected, considering her background at that point. Ms. Mirren was very comfortable and natural throughout. She never once displayed any irritation, and didn't give a single answer that was pointy, or snarky. Maybe other people have watched this interviewer before, and have seen him display sexist ideas while speaking to other people, but this is the first time I've seen him, and I didn't see anything like that here. The facts are pretty simple, she had performed in the nude before, and even posed for a porn magazine. Those are items the audience are almost certainly aware of about her, and they expect him to ask her about it. She is a skilled actress, but she is also very attractive and has taken advantage of her looks to get roles. There is nothing new or unusual about that, who would go to a movie with nothing but ugly women starring in it? Everybody knows that us in the audience insist on seeing beautiful people in films. Those beautiful people are paid very well for being attractive. Part of the job of a person with a public life is to agree to be asked rather personal questions on television. If she were unnerved by the questions, she would have been even more uneasy about doing the things that spawned the questions in the first place. She probably would not have done them. It looks like she had been fairly comfortable with doing those things and she answered the questions without hesitation, and gave thoughtful, and charming responses. She expressed that she was not comfortable with being naked on a movie set, but said it would be different if all the crew were naked too. She also described Playboy as being the worst of the porn magazines, which makes me thing that in hindsight, she did regret posing for them. Regardless of that, she has enjoyed a long career, and has maintained a delightful appearance even into her current age. The first thing I'd ever saw her in, she was in her 60's, and I thought she was an attractive woman then. I looked her up and found out she had done many pictures going back a long time, and had been a very attractive woman when she was younger.

Sluty? She is a lovely articulate and educated woman! And she absolute slashed him!

Very intelligent interview, Helen is great,

The bit at the end was Parky just asking a stupid question, he made it out that it was Mirren’s fault for being awkward. Naughty Parky.