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Status
Released
Release
2008
Runtime
1h 32m
"Discover America's Real First Lady"
A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally chilling, ironic and idiosyncratic, A Single Woman illuminates the role of the individual in the American legislative process with a whimsical amalgamation of storytelling, high-powered discourse and communion. The program is a filmed version of the successful stage play.
27 Cast Members
Jeanmarie Simpson
Jeannette Rankin
Patricia Arquette
Storyteller
Joyce Julianne Auer
Carrie Chapman Catt
Karen Black
Storyteller
Traber Burns
Harry Truman / Sam Rayburn / Newspaper Editor
Kate Connor
Alice Paul
Peter Coyote
Maury Maverick
Cameron Crain
70's Anchorman / Georgia Congressman / 1917 Reporter
Frances Fisher
Narrator (voice) / Suffragist
Richard Fisher
John McCormack
Barry Ford
Uncle Joe Cannon
Andy Hirsch
W.W.I Reporter
Shyla Huber
Katharine Anthony
Mimi Kennedy
Storyteller
Margot Kidder
Storyteller
Cassidy Lehrman
Young Jeannette Rankin
Qing Lin
Chinese Girl
Qxing Lin
Chinese Girl
Joel Marshall
John Raker
Judd Nelson
Jewish Reporter
