Hollywood Television Theatre; The Last of Mrs. Lincoln; Part 2

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Series
Hollywood Television Theatre
Episode
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Segment
Part 2
Producing Organization
KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-9c6rx94d4r
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Description
Episode Description
"Julie Harris stars in THE LAST OF MRS. LINCOLN, a two-hour drama by James Prideaux which reveals little known facts of American history. Mary Todd Lincoln's story is a fascinating study in character, though at time a tragic one. In the seventeen years following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, his widow struggled to repay debts that had been incurred during the Presidency; she faced the death of one son and estrangement from the other. After the trauma of having sat next to her husband while he was murdered, Mrs. Lincoln fell from fame to notoriety. She was slandered by former friends, misunderstood by Washington society. For a time she lived abroad. Mary Lincoln was a woman who inspired strong emotions from both her admirers and her detractors and it was in her evocation of this complex and brilliant woman that Julie Harris gives a performance which ranks as one of the great achievements of her career. "George Schaefer directed for Executive Producer Norman Lloyd and other prominent roles are played by Michael Cristofer, Robby Benson, Priscilla Morrill and Ford Rainey. "The play was produced at KCET for the Public Broadcasting Service."--1976 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1976
Asset type
Episode
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:35:05.737
Credits
Actor: Harris, Julie
Actor: Cristofer, Michael
Actor: Morrill, Priscilla
Actor: Benson, Robby
Actor: Rainey, Ford
Director: Schaefer, George
Executive Producer: Lloyd, Norman
Producing Organization: KCET (Television station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Writer: Prideaux, James
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-b180d0c651d (Filename)
Format: U-matic
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Citations
Chicago: “Hollywood Television Theatre; The Last of Mrs. Lincoln; Part 2,” 1976, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 30, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9c6rx94d4r.
MLA: “Hollywood Television Theatre; The Last of Mrs. Lincoln; Part 2.” 1976. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 30, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9c6rx94d4r>.
APA: Hollywood Television Theatre; The Last of Mrs. Lincoln; Part 2. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-9c6rx94d4r