Susan Lacy
Director
American Masters (1986)
Season 6
American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.
Released June 23, 1986
Episode 90 min
14+
Genres: Biography, Documentary, History
Keywords: tmdb.biography, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.two-word-title, imdb.art-documentary, tmdb.people, imdb.music-documentary, imdb.reenactment + 3 more, tmdb.art, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Watch Providers: PBS, PBS, YouTube TV, KQED, Thirteen + 2 more, WETA+, WETA+
Production Companies: Eagle Rock Entertainment, Thirteen
Network: PBS
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S6E1 - Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre
A chronicle of the extraordinary actress and those who were influenced by her universally-respected work.
July 1, 1991, midnight
S6E2 - Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actor's Studio
Inside the workings of the mecca of "method acting" techniques.
July 8, 1991, midnight
S6E3 - A. Einstein: How I See the World
The life of the creative and imaginative physicist and his thoughts and writings after coming to the United States.
July 22, 1991, midnight
S6E4 - Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One
A look at the soulful interpretations of the remarkable singer, mostly through filmed performances.
July 29, 1991, midnight
S6E5 - Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days
The artistic career of a painter and sculptor who defined western art and influenced America's ideas of the west.
Aug. 5, 1991, midnight
S6E6 - Menuhin: A Family Portrait
The story of an American violin virtuoso, Yehudi Menuhin.
Aug. 12, 1991, midnight
S6E7 - Robert Motherwell and the New York School
A biography of the artist Motherwell and the growth of abstract expressionism in New York City.
Aug. 26, 1991, midnight
S6E8 - Ray Charles: The Genius of Soul
The obstacles overcome in the magnificent career of the famed musician.
Jan. 3, 1992, midnight
S6E9 - Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey
Documentary on the writer who made his way back from the entertainment industry "blacklist" and became an acclaimed success.
May 1, 1992, midnight
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90 min/ep
27990 min
June 23, 1986
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