Series · Documentary
American Masters (1986)Season 4
★ 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: Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre1 h 30 min · Jul 3, 1989
- Episode 2: Stella Adler: Awake and Dream!1 h 30 min · Jul 10, 1989
- Episode 3: Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong1 h 30 min · Jul 31, 1989
- Episode 4: James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket1 h 30 min · Aug 14, 1989
- Episode 5: Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker1 h 30 min · Aug 17, 1989
- Episode 6: Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint1 h 30 min · Sep 11, 1989
- Episode 7: Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition1 h 30 min · Sep 18, 1989
- Episode 8: W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult1 h 30 min · Sep 25, 1989
- Episode 9: Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius1 h 30 min · Nov 15, 1989
- Episode 10: Milos Forman: Portrait1 h 30 min · Dec 20, 1989
