Series · Documentary
American Masters (1986)Season 40
★ 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
0/7 watched- Episode 1: Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire1 h 24 min · Jan 27, 2026
- Episode 2: Sun Ra: Do the Impossible1 h 24 min · Feb 14, 2026
- Episode 3: Bella! This Woman's Place Is in the House1 h 46 min · Mar 17, 2026
- Episode 4: W.E.B. Du Bois2 h · May 19, 2026
- Episode 5: Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World1 h 23 min · Aug 25, 2026
- Episode 6: American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezOct 6, 2026
- Episode 7: Liz DillerNov 24, 2026Not aired
