Helen Mirren, Linda Bassett, Annette Crosbie, Georgie Glen, Celia Imrie, Geraldine James, and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)

Helen Mirren and Julie Walters in Calendar Girls (2003)

(Left) Annie (Walters, left) and husband, John (John Alderton, right) 

Chris (Mirren, right) and her husband, Rod (Ciaran Hinds, left) celebrate the success of the calendar

The women of Knapely (left to right, front row: Lesley Staples, Angela Curran, Julie Walters, Rosalind March, Penelope Wilton, Annette Crosbie. left to right, back row: Janet Howd, Celia Imrie, Georgie Glen, Linda Bassett) prepare to bare all for their photographer, Lawrence (Philip Glenister, right).

Two of the original "calendar girls" - Tricia Stewart (left) and Angela Baker (right) take a walk with the stars who portray the characters based on their lives: Helen Mirren (center left) and Julie Walters (center right)

Legendary actresses Helen Mirren (center left) and Julie Walters (center right) pose with the inspirations for their characters: two of the original "calendar girls," Tricia Stewart (left) and Angela Baker (right).

Julie Walters (right) poses with Angela Baker (left). 

The members of the U.K.'s Women's Institute - Cora (Linda Bassett, left), Annie Clark (Julie Walters, second from left), Celia (Celia Imrie, third from left), Jessie (Annette Crosby, third from right), Chris Harper (Helen Mirren, second from right), and Ruth (Penelope Wilton, right), raise eyebrows - among other things - when they pose nude in their annual fundraising calendar

John Alderton at an event for Calendar Girls (2003)