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Dec 16, 1973 · The Glass Menagerie: Directed by Anthony Harvey. With Katharine Hepburn, Sam Waterston, Joanna Miles, Michael Moriarty. Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world.
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- Drama
- Anthony Harvey
- 1973-12-16
The Glass Menagerie is a 1973 American made-for-television drama film based on the 1944 play of the same name by Tennessee Williams. It is directed by Anthony Harvey and stars Katharine Hepburn, Sam Waterston, Joanna Miles and Michael Moriarty. It marked the third screen adaptation of the play.
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Joanna Miles is an American actress. She received two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1973 film production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.
The Glass Menagerie is a memory play by Tennessee Williams that premiered in 1944 and catapulted Williams from obscurity to fame. The play has strong autobiographical elements, featuring characters based on its author, his histrionic mother, and his mentally fragile sister.
- Tennessee Williams, 寛厚 浅田
- 1945
On receiving numerous rewards, she reached the apogee of her career, playing "Laura Wingfield" in the 1973 TV production of "The Glass Menagerie", with co-stars Katharine Hepburn , Sam Waterston and Michael Moriarty, for which Mrs. Miles and Michael Moriarty won Emmy Awards.
- January 1, 1
- 3 min
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Filmed once before in 1950 with Gertrude Lawrence in the role of Amanda, this version offered Emmy Award-winning performances by Joanna Miles and Michael Moriarty (both in the supporting category).
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The play portrays a mother whose preoccupation with her past and her unrealistic dreams for her children's futures threaten to smother her painfully shy daughter (Joanna Miles) and her aspiring writer son (Sam Waterston).
