Colleen DewhurstFilmography

Bed and Breakfast

Actors: Roger Moore, Talia Shire, Colleen Dewhurst, Nina Siemaszko, Ford Rainey

Synopsis: A mysterious stranger has a surprising effect on three generations of women in this romantic comedy-drama. Ruth (Colleen Dewhurst) is a widow who runs a bed and breakfast in a small New England tourist community. Ruth shares her home with Claire (Talia Shire), who recently lost her husband, a Read More

Dying Young

Actors: Julia Roberts, Campbell Scott, Vincent D'Onofrio, Colleen Dewhurst, David Selby

Synopsis: Directed by Joel Schumacher, Dying Young was adapted from a novel by Marti Leimbach. When Victor Geddes (Campbell Scott) discovers that he is suffering from leukemia, his wealthy family hires pretty, young Hillary O'Neil (Julia Roberts) to help nurse him through his chemotherapy treatment. As the Read More

Lantern Hill

Actors: Marion Bennett

Synopsis: This Canadian TV movie stars Marion Bennett as a young girl possessed of mysterious powers. No Carrie she, Bennett hopes to harness her unique gifts for good. Her main mission is to reunite her long-estranged mother and father. The film makes excellent atmospheric use of its mist-enshrouded Prince Read More

Danielle Steel's 'Kaleidoscope'

Actors: Jaclyn Smith, Perry King, Claudia Christian, Patricia Kalember

Synopsis: Wealthy, but yearning for the family he lost after his parents' untimely deaths, a businessman hires a private eye to locate his three sisters, each of whom was sent to a different foster home following the mysterious accident. One particularly traumatized sister seems to know the truth about the Read More

Ken Burns' Civil War [TV Documentary Series]

Synopsis: Ken Burns' epic series begins with the causes of the Civil War in 1861 and ends with the war's aftermath in 1865. A combination of photographs, interviews, and narration create a sweeping historical documentary. Commentary and anecdotes by historian Shelby Foote add another level of authority to Read More

Murphy Brown: Bob & Murphy & Ted & Avery

Synopsis: Colleen Dewhurst makes her third and final appearance as Avery Brown, the overbearing, exasperating mother of TV journalist Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen). Moving in with Murphy, Avery wastes no time in driving her daughter bonkers. In hopes of a brief respite, Murphy suggests that Avery rechannel Read More

Tales From Avonlea: The Quarrantine at Alexander Abraham's

Synopsis: Sara sneaks into the house of Abraham, the town's resident recluse, at the same time that the city's notorious gossip, Mrs. Lynde, drops by for a visit. Unbeknownst to either Sara or Mrs. Lynde, Abraham is quarantined with smallpox, and neither woman can leave the house. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Read More

Termini Station

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Megan Follows, Gordon Clapp, Norma dell'Agnese, Debra McGrath

Synopsis: Colleen Dewhurst plays Molly Dushane, the widowed matriarch of a small-town family. A tragedy occurred years earlier when her late husband committed suicide after threatening their daughter with a gun, and the family has fumbled with their difficult lives since. Though she often escapes reality by Read More

Murphy Brown: Mama Said

Synopsis: Candice Bergen won an Emmy award for her work in this episode, in which Colleen Dewhurst (also an Emmy winner) guest stars as Avery Brown, the formidable mother of TV journalist Murphy Brown (Bergen). Showing up announced at Murphy's doorstep, Avery clearly intends to stay for a long, long Read More

Moonlighting: Take My Wife, For Example

Synopsis: Colleen Dewhurst guest stars as Betty Russell, a famous divorce lawyer better known as "The Barracuda." Exhibiting a hitherto well-hidden conscience, Russell hires Maddie (Cybill Shepherd) and David (Bruce Willis) to reunite Lydia and Nathan Kraft (Jane Hallaren, Lawrence Pressman), whose union Read More

Murphy Brown: Brown Like Me, Part Two

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story (originally telecast on CBS as a one-hour episode), Murphy (Candice Bergen) is caught in the middle when both her domineering mother Avery (Colleen Dewhurst) and her distant father Bill (Darren McGavin) show up to see Murphy accept the coveted Robert F. Read More

Those She Left Behind

Actors: Gary Cole, Joanna Kerns, Mary Page Keller, Colleen Dewhurst, George Coe

Synopsis: The ordeal of young husband Scott Grimes (Gary Cole) begins when his wife Sue (Mary Page Keller) unexpectedly dies in childbirth. Unprepared to be a single parent, Scott seeks out help from his mother-in-law (Colleen Dewhurst) and from professional caregivers. Still, he is overwhelmed by the Read More

Murphy Brown: Brown Like Me, Part One

Synopsis: It is not for nothing that Murphy (Candice Bergen) has described the relationship between her divorced parents as "a Fellini version of the Waltons." Nonetheless, Frank (Joe Regalbuto) feels that at least one of Murphy's parents should be in attendance when she wins the coveted RFK award. Read More

Ingrid

Synopsis: This documentary video looks at the life of actress Ingrid Bergman. Clips from her movies, home life and interviews are all included. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Obsessed

Actors: Kerrie Keane, Daniel Pilon, Saul Rubinek, Lynne Griffin, Mireille Deyglun

Synopsis: A grieving mother tries to track down the hit-and-run driver who killed her 12-year-old son in this well-performed drama. Dinah Middleton (Kerrie Keane) is divorced from husband Max (Daniel Pilon). The couple's skateboarding son Alex (Leif Anderson) is hit by Owen Hughes (Saul Rubinek), a New York Read More

Bigfoot

Synopsis: The mythical, big-footed Pacific Northwest Sasquatch lives, and an irascible anthropologist and two feisty kids can prove it. This Disney adventure chronicles their interactions with the gentle giants and their attempts to save them from capture. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Light of the Gods

Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel

Actors: Megan Follows

Synopsis: An Emmy-winning adaptation of Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel by the same name, this is a Canadian TV production which follows the life of a feisty young girl who is adopted by a bachelor farmer and his sister who have decided to adopt a boy and have several surprises due them when Anne arrives. Part Read More

The Boy Who Could Fly

Actors: Lucy Deakins, Jay Underwood, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Savage, Colleen Dewhurst

Synopsis: Jay Underwood plays an autistic boy who provides a source of fascination to a new family in town. Never uttering a sound, Underwood spends hours in his backyard, attempting to fly like the birds. Lucy Deakins, the daughter of the new family, befriends Underwood; she is encouraged by teacher Colleen Dewhurst Read More

Johnny Bull

Synopsis: Made for television, Johnny Bull is set in a Pennsylvania mining town, circa 1959. Peter MacNicol, the son of a Hungarian immigrant family, brings home pregnant Suzanna Hamilton, the cockney girl he'd married while a GI in England. Hamilton's movie-generated visions of a glamorous America are Read More

Sword of Gideon

Actors: Steven Bauer, Michael York, Peter Dvorsky, Robert Joy, Rod Steiger

Synopsis: In the made-for-cable thriller Sword of Gideon, a team of anti-terrorist commandos, led by Steven Bauer, sets out to avenge the deaths of Israeli athletes killed during the Munich Olympics of 1972. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Between Two Women

Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Colleen Dewhurst, Michael Nouri, Bridgette Andersen, Daniel Bryan Corkill

Synopsis: The old reliable movie title Between Two Women was activated once more for this made-for-TV film. Farrah Fawcett and Colleen Dewhurst star as, respectively, a domineering ex-opera star and a shy schoolteacher. The ads for the film suggested that Michael Nouri played the apex of a romantic triangle Read More

Anne of Green Gables

Actors: Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth, Jonathan Crombie, Schuyler Grant

Synopsis: Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, previously filmed in 1934, was afforded a TV-movie treatment in 1985. Megan Follows stars as 13-year-old Anne Shirley, an orphan girl sent to live with a foster family on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Though she has great difficulty controlling Read More

As Is

Synopsis: Manhattan-based writer David Carradine falls victim to AIDS in As Is. Virtually abandoned by friends and family, Carradine is looked after by his gay lover, photographer Jonathan Hadary. Based on a play by William M. Hoffman, As Is wisely avoids editorial comment on the principals' lifestyle, nor Read More

A.D.

Actors: Anthony Andrews, Colleen Dewhurst, Ava Gardner, David Hedison, John Houseman

Synopsis: Filmed in Tunisia on a budget of 30 million dollars, the five-part, 12-hour miniseries A.D. was the final installment in a historical trilogy which included Moses the Lawgiver and Jesus of Nazareth. Covering the years 30 to 69 A.D., the teleplay, co-written by Anthony Burgess, chronicled the Read More

You Can't Take It with You

Synopsis: This 116-minute TV adaptation of Kaufman and Hart's Pulitzer Prize-winning You Can't Take It With You was taped during a stage performance before a live audience. Staged by Ellis Rabb, this is a faithful rendition of the original, concentrating on the zany goings-on of the Sycamore household Read More

The Good Fight

Synopsis: This excellent documentary fills a gap in American history. It illustrates the role of thousands of Americans who left the safety of the United States at the end of the 1930s to fight against fascism in Spain. About 40,000 foreign volunteers from 50 countries were in the International Brigade, and Read More

The Glitter Dome

Actors: James Garner, Margot Kidder, Stuart Margolin

Synopsis: Produced for HBO, The Glitter Dome is based on the crime novel by Joseph Wambaugh. Manhattan detectives Al Mackey (James Garner) is forced to wade his way through the glamorous cesspool known as Hollywood. Mackey's quarry is the unknown person who brutally murdered studio mogul Malcolm Sinclair Read More

The Dead Zone

Actors: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom, Anthony Zerbe

Synopsis: Christopher Walken plays a schoolteacher, Johnny Smith, who awakens from a five-year coma. He discovers that he has acquired the ability to foretell a person's future simply by touching his or her hand. After seeing several examples, Smith's doctor (Herbert Lom) becomes convinced that Smith can Read More

Alice in Wonderland

Actors: Kate Burton, Richard Burton, Zeljko Ivanek, Colleen Dewhurst, Geoffrey Holder

Synopsis: Part of the Broadway Theater Archives, this stage production of Lewis Carroll's children's fantasy Alice in Wonderland was directed by Kirk Browning. Kate Burton plays young Alice, the little girl who wanders into a bizarre wonderland that just gets more and more curious. Her real-life father, Richard Burton Read More

Quincy, M.E.: For Love of Joshua

Synopsis: After the death of a Down's Syndrome Child, pediatrician Barbara Lubow (Colleen Dewhurst) asks Quincy (Jack Klugman) to perform an autopsy. Much to his dismay, Quincy determines that the child had been starved to death by his parents--at the encouragement of their family doctor. Appalled by this Read More

Between Two Brothers

Actors: Michael Brandon, Pat Harrington, Jr., Helen Shaver, Mary Jackson, Peter White

Synopsis: In this family drama, a famed lawyer is forced to come to grips with the lousy way he has treated his emotionally disturbed brother. Most of the story centers on the attorney's attempts to atone for his actions. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Blue and the Gray

Actors: Lloyd Bridges, Colleen Dewhurst, Stacy Keach, Gregory Peck, Robert Vaughn

Synopsis: Originally networkcast in three installments, the 8-hour Blue and the Gray is a sprawling adaptation of a story concept by Civil War historian Bruce Catton. The drama begins in 1859, with young war correspondent-to-be John Hammond meeting future Union officer Stacy Keach at the trial of Read More

A Few Days in Weasel Creek

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Farnsworth

Synopsis: Not much time is actually spent in Weasel Creek in this made-for-TV movie, despite its title. Essentially, this is a semiserious "road" picture concerning the misadventures of a rambunctious young girl (Mare Winningham). Linking up with a runaway farm boy (John Hammond), the girl heads to Read More

Baby Comes Home

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Warren Oates

Synopsis: The sequel to the popular 1979 TV movie And Baby Makes Six, Baby Comes Home reteams Colleen Dewhurst and Warren Oates as middle-agers who find themselves the parents of a newborn child. The first film dealt with the impact of the 47-year-old mother's unexpected pregnancy on her three grown Read More

Death Penalty

Synopsis: Colleen Dewhurst stars as psychologist Elaine Lipton in the made-for-TV Death Penalty. A strong opponent of the eponymous punishment, Dr. Lipton struggles valiantly to rehabilitate street gang member Carlos Rivera (David Labiosa). Convicted of murdering two rival gang members, Carlos faces the gas Read More

Escape

Actors: Timothy Bottoms, Colleen Dewhurst, Kay Lenz

Synopsis: The made-for-TV Escape was inspired by the true story of Dwight Worker, an American imprisoned in Mexico for smuggling hashish. Given the country's stringent anti-drug laws, Worker's chances of release are slim to none (a situation similar to the protagonist's plight in Midnight Express). Against Read More

A Perfect Match

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Charles Durning

Synopsis: John Sayles, of Trial of the Catonsville 9 and Brother From Another Planet fame, wrote the teleplay for A Perfect Match from an original story by director Mel Damski and Andre Guttfruend. Fashion designer Linda Kelsey is diagnosed as suffering from a rare form of anemia. Kelsey's only hope is to Read More

The Women's Room

Synopsis: This critically-acclaimed film chronicles nineteen years in the life of a divorcee (played by Lee Remick), from the repressive 1950s through the liberated 1980s. Women's Room earned three Emmy nominations: one for Best Drama Special, and one each for costars Patty Duke Astin and Colleen Dewhurst. Read More

Final Assignment

Actors: Geneviève Bujold, Michael York, Burgess Meredith, Colleen Dewhurst, Alexandra Stewart

Synopsis: In this complex spy caper, Nicole (Genevieve Bujold) is a Canadian broadcast journalist working on assignment in the former U.S.S.R. She is there to cover a visit by the Canadian prime minister, but along the way she discovers an unethical experimentation on children involving the use of steroids. Read More

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones

Actors: Powers Boothe, Veronica Cartwright, Rosalind Cash, Brad Dourif, Randy Quaid

Synopsis: This two-part TV movie was, of course, sparked by the November 1978 mass suicide of 913 people at the South American religious "colony" of Jonestown. The catalyst for this tragedy was cult-leader Reverend Jim Jones (played by Powers Boothe, who won an Emmy for his performance), head of the Read More

Tribute

Actors: Jack Lemmon, Robby Benson, Lee Remick, Kim Cattrall, Colleen Dewhurst

Synopsis: Jack Lemmon stars in an Academy Award-nominated performance as Scottie Templeton, a Broadway press agent dying of cancer, in Bernard Slade's film adaptation of his Broadway play (in which Lemmon originated the role). Divorced from his wife Maggie (Lee Remick), Scottie leads a happy-go-lucky life Read More

And Baby Makes Six

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Timothy Hutton

Synopsis: Middle-aged Colleen Dewhurst shocks her family-and herself-when she announces she is pregnant. Partly out of concern for her health, and partly out of selfishness, the family argues over whether or not she should go to term. Husband Pat Hingle is indecisive until he witness the baby's development Read More

Studs Lonigan

Synopsis: Adapted from the once-notorious trilogy of novels by James T. Farrell, the three-part miniseres Studs Lonigan isn't quite as earthy and explicit as its source, but is lot more faithful to the original than the 1960 film version. Set in Chicago and covering the years from 1916 to 1931, this is the Read More

Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith

Actors: Blanche Baker, Jeff East, Colleen Dewhurst, Stephen McHattie, Lloyd Bochner

Synopsis: This speculative made-for-TV drama examines the courtship and early marital life of Mary and Joseph before the birth of their remarkable son, Jesus. The film is also known as the Beginning Was Love. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Ice Castles

Actors: Lynn-Holly Johnson, Robby Benson, Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt, Jennifer Warren

Synopsis: In this sports melodrama that boldly illustrates the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, Lynn-Holly Johnson plays Iowa farm girl Alexis Winston, who has a God-given talent for ice skating. With the encouragement and training of the local ice-skating rink operator Beulah Smith (Colleen Dewhurst Read More

Arthur Miller on Home Ground

Actors: Arthur Miller, Inge Monath

Synopsis: This 1979 documentary chronicles the first 64 years in the life of Arthur Miller (b. 1915), an important 20th-century American playwright, novelist and all-around man of letters. Miller also wrote several screenplays, notably for The Misfits and The Crucible. The last was based on his Read More

Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neill Story

Synopsis: The made-for-television Silent Victory: The Kitty O'Neill Story is a true story about a woman (Stockard Channing) who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stunt women in Hollywood, as well as earning the female land speed record. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

The Third Walker

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, William Shatner, Frank Moore, Monique Mercure, Tony Meyer

Synopsis: Teri McLuhan, the daughter of theorist/philosopher Marshall McLuhan, was the producer/director/co-scripter of the Canadian The Third Walker. The story concerns a pair of twins, separated at birth (McLuhan was herself an identical twin). Nearly three decades later, the twins are reunited at their Read More

When a Stranger Calls

Actors: Carol Kane, Charles Durning, Colleen Dewhurst, Tony Beckley, Rachel Roberts, Rutanya Alda

Synopsis: In this thriller, a baby-sitter is terrorized by an anonymous telephone caller who turns out to be a particularly persistent serial killer. When a stranger calls to ask, "Have you checked the children lately?" teenaged sitter Jill Johnson (Carol Kane) is understandably spooked. After a series of Read More

Mary and Joseph: In the Beginning There Was Love

Synopsis: The biblical story of Mary and Joseph's life before the birth of Christ is dramatized in this film. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Simple Gifts: Six Episodes for Christmas

Annie Hall

Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Tony Roberts, Carol Kane, Paul Simon

Synopsis: Woody Allen's romantic comedy of the Me Decade follows the up and down relationship of two mismatched New York neurotics. Jewish comedy writer Alvy Singer (Allen) ponders the modern quest for love and his past romance with tightly-wound WASP singer Annie Hall (Diane Keaton, née Diane Hall). The Read More

A Moon For the Misbegotten

Actors: Jason Robards, Jr., Colleen Dewhurst

Synopsis: Jason Robards and Colleen Dewhurst star in this made-for-TV adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's final play, featuring the cast and director of the award-winning 1974 Broadway production. James Tyrone Jr. (Robards) is a washed-up former actor whose dreams of stardom on Broadway were washed away by Read More

The Story of Jacob and Joseph

Actors: Harry Andrews, Herschel Bernardi, Tony Lo Bianco, Colleen Dewhurst, Julian Glover, Keith Michell

Synopsis: The made-for-television movie The Story of Jacob and Joseph tells the Biblical tale of Jacob (Keith Michell) and Esau (Julian Glover), who spend 20 years fighting over their birthright. They eventually reconcile and sell their younger brother, Joseph (Victor LoBianco) into slavery. Joseph is taken Read More

McQ

Actors: Dick Friel, John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Clu Gulager

Synopsis: Undoubtedly having second thoughts after turning down Dirty Harry, John Wayne showed up in 1974 in his own "maverick cop" adventure, McQ. Wayne, playing McQ, a veteran detective, turns in his badge when he's officially denied the opportunity of clearing the name of his late best friend, who has Read More

A Prowler in the Heart

Synopsis: Prowler in the Heart is a videotaped mystery thriller, originally telecast on ABC's Wide World Mystery late-night series. Colleen Dewhurst heads the cast as a mystery novelist. When her husband is convicted of murder, Dewhurst draws upon her writing expertise to concoct a perfect alibi for her Read More

The Cowboys

Actors: Sam O'Brien, Mike Pyeatt, John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Slim Pickens

Synopsis: In one of John Wayne's more interesting late Westerns, "The Duke" plays Will Anderson, a crusty veteran cattleman preparing a 400-mile drive to get a herd of steers to market. Shortly before the trip is scheduled to begin, Will's crew quits when they get word of a nearby gold strike. With little Read More

The Last Run

Actors: George C. Scott, Tony Musante, Trish VanDevere, Colleen Dewhurst

Synopsis: George C. Scott stars in The Last Run as an aging mob driver hoping to make one last big haul and retire. Harry Garmes (Scott) is persuaded by his old cronies to drive escaped criminal Paul Ricard (Tony Musante) and his girlfriend, Claudio Schemer (Trish VanDevere), across Spain to safety. Garmes Read More

A Fine Madness

Actors: Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst

Synopsis: Sean Connery attempted to make a clean break from his "James Bond" image in the boisterous comedy A Fine Madness. Connery plays Samson Shillitoe, a Brendan Behan-like poet with a mile-wide misogynistic streak. Try as he might to complete his latest masterpiece, Shillitoe is constantly interrupted Read More

The F.B.I.: The Baby Sitter

Synopsis: Coleen Dewhurst guest stars as Amy Doucette, a deranged woman who is hired sight unseen as a babysitter by a young couple (Davey Davison, Geoffrey Horne). Kidnapping the baby, Amy enlists the aid of her neurotic sister Stella (Collin Wilcox) in her efforts to elude the authorities. Armed with the Read More

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Night Fever

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Simcox, Joe de Santis, Don Marshall, Richard Bull

Synopsis: After killing a cop, criminal Jerry Walsh (Tom Simcox) is himself seriously wounded in a shoot-out. Rushed to the hospital, Jerry strikes up a friendship with night nurse Ellen Hatch (Colleen Dewhurst). Eventually, she agrees to help him escape the law...but Ellen is not quite the paragon of Read More

Man on a String

Actors: Ernest Borgnine, Kerwin Mathews, Colleen Dewhurst, Alexander Scourby, Glenn Corbett

Synopsis: An unexceptional spy drama by Andre De Toth, Man on a String is based on an autobiography by counterspy Boris Morros, here given the name of Boris Mitrov and played by Ernest Borgnine. Mitrov was born in Russia but had been a citizen of the U.S. for some time when he joins up with a Russian spy Read More

The Nun's Story

Actors: Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger

Synopsis: Audrey Hepburn stars in The Nun's Story as Sister Luke, postulant of a Belgian order of nuns. Though frequently disillusioned in her efforts to spread good will -- at one point she is nearly killed by a mental patient (Colleen Dewhurst) -- Sister Luke perseveres. Sent as a nurse to the Belgian Read More

Medea

Synopsis: This ancient romance tells the story of Medea whose love for Jason inspires her to betray her homeland and let him to steal the Golden Fleece. Later, he becomes bored with her and this makes Medea angry. She soon goes out to get her revenge. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Burning Bright

Actors: Colleen Dewhurst, Dana Elcar, Donald Madden, Myron McCormick

Synopsis: Four-time Emmy Award-winning actress Colleen Dewhurst and Tony Award-winner Myron McCormick star in this performance of the classic John Steinbeck play concerning a veteran circus performer who is crushed to learn that he will soon die without having ever fathered a child. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Read More