American Masters (2001 - )

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An acclaimed series of biographies of artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and Hollywood stars. Profiles of Alexander Calder, Paul Simon, Charlie Chaplin and music producer John Hammond won Peabody Awards, while films about Edward R. Murrow, Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton, Lillian Gish and Leonard Bernstein (among others) won Emmys, and a study of the Algonquin Round Table won a 1987 Academy Award.

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American Masters: Season 33, Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life

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Seasons

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2018, PBS, 9 episodes

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2017, PBS, 13 episodes

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2017, PBS, 5 episodes

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2016, PBS, 9 episodes

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2015, PBS, 7 episodes

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2014, PBS, 9 episodes

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2013, PBS, 5 episodes

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2012, PBS, 8 episodes

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2011, PBS, 6 episodes

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2010, PBS, 8 episodes

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2009, PBS, 9 episodes

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2008, PBS, 9 episodes

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2007, PBS, 8 episodes

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2006, PBS, 9 episodes

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2004, PBS, 10 episodes

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2003, PBS, 6 episodes

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2002, PBS, 8 episodes

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2001, PBS, 8 episodes

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Cast

Neil Young
Gore Vidal
as Himself
Mel Brooks
Dustin Hoffman
Harry Belafonte
as Narrator
Andre Braugher
as Narrator
Willie Nelson
Itzhak Perlman
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Sydney Pollack
as Narrator
Marilyn Monroe
Frank O. Gehry
David Hockney
Charles M. Schulz
Turhan Bey
Jeff Bridges
Bill T. Jones
Johnny Carson
Alicia Alonso
Stanley Tucci
as Narrator
Goran Visnjic
as Narrator
Anne Jackson
as Reader
Frank Gehry
Meryl Streep
Bono
Elvis Presley
Kenneth Branagh
as Narrator
Muddy Waters
Simon Scott
as Narrator
Bob Dylan
Ron Rifkin
as Narrator
David Geffen
Billie Jean King
Alicia Alonso
Tony Roberts
as Narrator
Joanne Woodward
Alice Waters
Joni Mitchell
Oliver Platt
as Narrator
Katie Couric
I.M. Pei
Robert Redford
Madeleine Albright
Alec Baldwin
Clint Eastwood
Calvin Trillin
Stanley Tucci
Meryl Streep
Julie Andrews
R.W. Apple
Sydney Pollack
Jerome Robbins
Israel Lopez
Jane Alexander
James Levine
Chris Cornell
Meryl Streep
Donald Saddler
Gene Kelly
Isabel Keating
as Judy Garland
Max Charruyer
David Michaelis
Jim Morrison
George Plimpton
Dyanna Taylor
Gloria Allred
Matthew Broderick
Billy Crystal
as Bob Hope
Ray Bradbury
Elliot Roberts
Paul Newman
as Reader
Oliver Platt
Joan Chen
Kevin Spacey
as Narrator
Eric Clapton
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
Isabella Rossellini
as Herself
Harris Yulin
as Voice of Henry Luce
Joe DiMaggio
Elizabeth Marvel
as Louisa May Alcott
Danny Glover
Paul Matteson
Kathy Griffin
Steven Spielberg
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Cyd Charisse
Robert John Burke
Tim Robbins
as Reader
Harris Yulin
John Densmore
Bob Bursey
Tom Hanks
Kenneth Branagh
Audra McDonald
Crosby
Simon Scott
Helen Mirren
John Cox
Tsai Chin
Daniel Gerroll
as Bronson Alcott
Plácido Domingo
Layne Staley
Ashley Judd
Tony Roberts
David Crosby
Clarke Peters
as James Brown
Arthur Miller
Michael Eisner
Andy Garcia
Joy Browne
Campbell Scott
as F.Scott Fitzgerald
Andre Braugher
Waylon Jennings
Forrest J Ackerman
Sydney Pollack
Jules Feiffer
Frederic Franklin
Laurie Anderson
Tom Hanks
Carlos Santana
Laura Linney
as Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald
Harris Yulin
as Henry Luce
Jeremy Northam
as Cary Grant
Martin Scorsese
Bette Midler
Ken Silvers
Martin Scorsese
Bruce Crawford
Susan Jaffe
Dustin Hoffman
Trevor Nunn
Paul McCartney
Patsy Ruth Miller
Leontyne Price
Sarah Sarandon
as Reader
David Strathairn
Gloria Steinem
Bob Geldof
Stephen Gong
Tim Russell
Dossy Peabody
as Abigail Alcott
Ray Santos
Leah Cox
Debbie Reynolds
Ray Charles
Michael Pollan
Goran Visnjic
as Robert Capa
Charles Durning
Robby Krieger
Jack Irons
Van Jones
Cardini
Sara Blakely
Melissa Rivers
Morgan Freeman
Robin Williams
Frank Langella
Marcia Gay Harden
as Willa Cather
Hugh Hefner
Jane Alexander
as Ednah Cheney
Kate Forrester
Margaret Cho
Tony Kushner
Celeste Holmes
Eric Schlosser
Chris Noth
Peter Bogdanovich
Jonathan Friend
Isabel Allende
William Sadler
as Ernest Hemingway
Lyle Lovett
Wynton Marsalis
Eli Wallach
as Reader
James Hong
Sue Scott
Elena Lopez
Robert Wierzel
Slydini
Julie Kent
Peter Franzén
as Eero Saarinen
Ben Folds
Toni Morrison
Leslie Caron
Jackie Coogan
David Halberstam
James Naughton
as Ernest Hemingway
Dennis Hopper
Gwyneth Jones
Ray Manzarek
Dave Abbruzzese
Jon Stewart
Joanne Woodward
as Reader
Dan Ford
Philip Johnson
Fred Newman
Marianna Bassham
as May Alcott
Johnny Depp
Anika Noni Rose
as Lorraine Hansberry
Amy Irving
as Fitzgerald's works
Dave Matthews
Marian Cunningham
Eve Arnold
David Henry Hwang
John de los Santos
Luciano Pavarotti
Joe Castagna
Alexei Ratmansky
Blythe Danner
as Aline Saarinen
Mark Knopfler
Andre Previn
Kevin Spacey
Anne Jackson
Kate Burton
as Hemingway Fiction
Ronald Freeman
Edie Falco
Nathan Lane
Letitia Baldrige
John Santos
Welz Kauffman
Al Flosso
Clarke Peters
Adolph Green
Kinky Friedman
Kevin Kline
Jeff Koons
as Andy Warhol
Julian Schnabel
Linda Amendola
as Anna Alcott
Mark Blum
Ron Rifkin
Frank Langella
Kathleen Turner
Alan Brinkley
Leif-Erik Nygårds
Franz Grundheber
Nancy Kwan
Tom Keith
Kurt Cobain
Janet Wong
LaTanya Richardson
Ruth Reichl
Paul Newman
Patrick Wayne
Gloria Estefan
Dai Vernon
Kevin McKenzie
Elizabeth Holmes
Robert Plant
Jerry Douglas
Asli Bulbul
Misty Copeland
Betsey Johnson
Betty Comden
Tim Robbins
Maggie Bofill
Taylor Hackford
James Franco
Andrew V. McLaglen
Craig Webb
Ken Cheeseman
as Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard Belzer
Charles Miller
Chris Sarandon
Jesse L. Martin
Christopher Lee
Emilio Estefan
Paul Simon
Dan Bucatinsky
Blair Brown
Ed Ruscha
Prudence Johnson
Denis Leary
Gillian Anderson
Steven Spielberg
Ben Schnetzer
Jimmy Page
Mark Rydell
Ang Lee
Beno Chapman
as Henry David Thoreau
Shayla-Vie Jenkins
Alicia Keys
Kelsey Grammer
Susan Sarandon
Leslie Anderson
Anjelica Huston
Andy Garcia
Steve Martin
Bryan Cranston
Denis O'Hare
as Edgar Allan Poe
Damián Alcázar
as Jose Clemente Orozco
Pauline Black
Dick Cavett
Aimee Mullins
Johnny Hallyday
Mildred Friedman
Cass Warner Sperling
Jearlyn Steele
Peter Haydu
as Charles Lane
Marcelo Gomes
Michael Crumpsty
James Leong Jr.
Christopher Antonio William Lancaster
Meryl Streep
Eli Wallach
Garry Shandling
Linda Emond
Michael Ortiz
Justin Lin
Rosanne Cash
Jon Hamm
Joanne Woodward
Lily Tomlin
Hee Seo
Nancy Pelosi
Lewis Wheeler
as Laddie
Joe Ely Band
Jean Davidson
Bjorn G. Amelan
Morgan Freeman
Peter Friedman
Barry Diller
Brad Garrett
Rosie Perez
Kid Rock
Lisa Lu
Robin Williams
Molly Schreider
as Teen Louisa
Jennifer Homans
Linda Williams
Emily Strikeman
as Child Louisa
Greg Giraldo
Charles Jenks
Kyle Maude
Kathleen McNenny
Shonda Rhimes
Luise Rainer
Anna Kisselgoff
James Shigeta
Muhammad Ali
Herbert Muschamp
Haley Garvin
as Toddler Louisa
Jeffrey Ross
Jerome Begin
Clive Barnes
Wendy Williams
Clive Hirschhorn
Martin Moran
Dick Clark
Norman Glymph
Maggie Quigley
as Child May Alcott
Don Rickles
Jerry Lee Lewis
George Mertogen
Amy Tan
Clarissa Sinceno
Nia Wordlaw
George Rios
Edwin Chan
Wayne Wang
Lindsay Jones
David Muir
Laurie Anderson
Ellen Adair
as Teen Anna Alcott
Sandra Guzmán
Sven Neumann
B.D. Wong
Anna Finklestein
as Teen Beth Alcott
Sherry Goffin Kondor
Jocelyn Pickett
Eleanor Farris
as 'Lulu' May Alcott Nieriker
Tim Paulson
Billy Sammeth
Michael Phillip Simpson
as John Suhre
Rolf Fehlbaum
Joe Butler
as Young John Muir
Howard Weamer
as Old John Muir
Thomas Krens
Bob Jolly
as Civil War Doctor
Patsy Fulhorst
as Jeanne Carr
Matt Perusse
as 'Swearing' Fruitlander
Milton Wexler
Chuck Arnoldi
Lena Dunham
Matt Delacy
as 'Naked' Fruitlander
Amy Poehler
Crystal Lisbon
as Anna Weld
John Amos
as Dr. Bledsoe
Peter Barent Lewis
Hal Foster
Paul Benjamin
as Grandfather
Carl Reiner
Jacques C. Smith
as Invisible Man
Norman Rosenthal
Juan Ignacio Vidante
Chan Marshall
Nerea Abasolo
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Mandy Patinkin
Kevin Spacey
Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters
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Series Details

TV Network: PBS
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Genre: Documentary
Executive Producers: Michael Kantor, Susan Lacy, Brett Ratner, Roger Michael Mayer, Michael Peyser, Andrew Karsch, Peter Brant, Michael Cohl, Stanley Buchthal, Fisher Stevens, Larry Gagosian, Diane von Furstenberg, George Feltenstein, Erik Gordon, Clint Eastwood, Glenn Aveni, Calvin Skaggs, Norman Lear, Roy Furman, Billie Jean King, Toshi Seeger, Jon Brewer, Gerry Richman, William Ackman, Sandie Viquez Pedlow, Tina France, John Amos, Richard Browner, Tory Kiam, Debbie Linett, Larry Linett, Sally Jo Fifer, Penny Lieberman, Stone Douglass, Susan Sarandon, Jay Alix, Betsy Berg, Taylor Materne, Dick Connette, Ingrid Duran, Krysanne Katsoolis, Regina Sculley, Peter Gelb, Celia Zantz, Catherine Pino, Daniel Wheeler, Una Jackman, Michael Slap Sloane, Derek Britt, Suzi Dietz, Tom Kirdahy, Albert M. Tapper, Mark Lee, Gregory Hall, Susan Jaffe Tane, Duffy Violante, Buddy Steves, Nick De Grunwald, Suzanne Kessler, David Ortiz, Rowena Young, Marion Swaybill, Cathy Greenwold, Michele Anthony, Shirley Kessler, Pamela Roberts, Terry Gross, Avon Kirkland, Kamilah Forbes, Gordon Quinn, Gail Levin, Reuben Cannon, Karin Greenfield-Sanders, Richard Alcock, Elliott Halpern, Marquetta Glass, Steve Sarowitz, Elizabeth Trojian, Don Hahn, Michael Isip, Lylette Pizarro, Regina Scully, Robert Louie, Alan Berg, Caroline Stevens, Abe Zimmerman, David W. Louie, Chris Gardner, John McCall, Raymond C. Lambert, Amy McCall, Marc N. Weiss, Anne Akiko Meyers, Peter Evans, Hiro Yamagata, Steve Boyd, Dominique Lasseur, Maja Horffmann, Noah C. Haeussner, Lisa Thomas, Dennis Joyce, Suzanne Weil, Phyllis Alexander, Julie Goldman, Kris Meyer, Antonio Weiss, Stacey Offman, Susannah Weiss, Michael Raimondi, William R. Hearst III, Darryl Ford Williams, Toby Barlow, Bill Deacon, Harold Ramis, Geoff Kempin, Verna Harrah, Robert Gordon, Terry Shand, Robert Gordon, Chantal Bernheim, Morgan Neville
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