Series · Documentary
American Masters (1986)Season 5
★ 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
0/8 watched- Episode 1: Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer1 h 30 min · Jul 2, 1990
- Episode 2: John Cassavetes1 h 30 min · Jul 9, 1990
- Episode 3: Martin Scorsese Directs1 h 30 min · Jul 16, 1990
- Episode 4: You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story1 h 30 min · Jul 23, 1990
- Episode 5: Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter1 h 30 min · Jul 30, 1990
- Episode 6: John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen1 h 30 min · Aug 20, 1990
- Episode 7: Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1 h 30 min · Aug 27, 1990
- Episode 8: John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It1 h 30 min · Sep 17, 1990
