Series · Documentary
American Masters (1986)Season 2
★ 7.0 · 25 votes41 seasons · 316 episodesDocumentary1986
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.
- Creator
- Susan Lacy
- Writers
- John Scheinfeld, Marilyn H. Mellowes, Phil Grabsky
- Network
- PBS
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- First aired
- June 23, 1986
- Status
- Returning
- Next episode
- S40E7 · November 24, 2026
Cast
Hillary ClintonSelf
Mike NicholsSelf
Gloria SteinemSelf
Steve MartinSelf - Interviewee
Scarlett JohanssonSelf
Goran VišnjićRobert Capa (voice)
Patsy ClineSelf (archive footage)
Maya AngelouSelf
Sidney LumetSelf
Oprah WinfreySelf
CommonSelf
Bill ClintonSelf
Jane AlexanderNarrator- Graeme MalcomJohn Muir (voice)
Denis O'HareEdgar Allan Poe
Kathleen TurnerNarrator (voice)
Peter FalkSelf
Billie Jean KingSelf- Peaches BartkowiczSelf
- Rosie CasalsSelf
Episodes
0/10 watched- Episode 1: Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer1 h 30 min · Jul 6, 1987
- Episode 2: Directed by William Wyler1 h 30 min · Jul 13, 1987
- Episode 3: Rubinstein Remembered1 h 30 min · Jul 20, 1987
- Episode 4: Nik and Murray1 h 30 min · Jul 27, 1987
- Episode 5: George Gershwin Remembered1 h 30 min · Aug 24, 1987
- Episode 6: Maurice Sendak: Mon Cher Papa1 h 30 min · Aug 31, 1987
- Episode 7: The Negro Ensemble Company1 h 30 min · Sep 14, 1987
- Episode 8: Unanswered Prayers: The Life and Times of Truman Capote1 h 30 min · Sep 21, 1987
- Episode 9: The Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table1 h 30 min · Sep 28, 1987
- Episode 10: Buster Keaton: Hard Act to Follow1 h 30 min · Nov 18, 1987
