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American Playhouse

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American Playhouse

1980 – 1994 (completed) · 12 seasons · 99 episodes · United States · English

American Playhouse (1980) is a solid-tier series on goodrecmovies, rated 7.8/10 on IMDb from 13,081 votes. Updated

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★ 7.8IMDb · 13k

American Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public Broadcasting Service in the United States.

Top cast

16
Jeffrey DeMunn
Brently Mallard
Jeffrey DeMunn
George
Jeffrey DeMunn
George Pierce Baker
Elizabeth Franz
Aunt Josephine
Elizabeth Franz
Doctor
Elizabeth Franz
Dottie McCann
Edward Herrmann
Alger Hiss
Edward Herrmann
The Headmaster
Sada Thompson
Fanny Church
Sada Thompson
Katherine Gerard - Andre's Mother
Sada Thompson
Mrs. Antrobus
Barnard Hughes
King
Barnard Hughes
Ludlow Whitney
Barnard Hughes
The King
Patrick Day
Huck
Ken Howard
Sam Evans

Seasons

13

best episode: S6E5 — Eleanor: In Her Own Words ★ 9.6 (17)

S116 eps · ★ 7.1
  • E1The Shady Hill Kidnapping★ 7.822
  • E2King of America★ 4.229
  • E3Seguin★ 6.355
  • E4Who Am I This Time?★ 7.6920
  • E5Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine★ 7.051
  • E6Come Along with Me★ 6.188
  • E7For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf★ 8.193
  • E8Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences★ 7.016
  • E9Fifth of July★ 8.1155
  • E10The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters★ 7.6273
  • E11Pilgrim, Farewell★ 7.559
  • E13Medal of Honor Rag★ 7.618
  • E14Working★ 7.281
  • E16Private Contentment★ 7.719
  • E17My Palikari★ 7.651
  • E25The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez★ 7.01k
S28 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1The Skin of Our Teeth★ 7.972
  • E2Miss Lonelyhearts★ 6.968
  • E3Family Business★ 8.517
  • E4Keeping On★ 5.533
  • E5The Files on Jill Hatch: Part I★ 8.715
  • E8For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story★ 7.4187
  • E11Wings★ 7.814
  • E12The Rothko Conspiracy★ 7.413
S310 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1The Ghost Writer★ 7.147
  • E2Pudd'nhead Wilson★ 7.079
  • E3True West★ 8.5479
  • E5Popular Neurotics★ 8.610
  • E6The Cafeteria★ 8.422
  • E9Vengeance Is Mine★ 6.841
  • E10The Killing Floor★ 7.3246
  • E12City News★ 6.221
  • E13Hughie★ 9.325
  • E14Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion★ 8.357
S415 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E2A Matter of Principle★ 6.988
  • E3Solomon Northup's Odyssey★ 7.3331
  • E5Go Tell It on the Mountain★ 7.8101
  • E6Noon Wine★ 7.282
  • E7The Joy That Kills★ 6.629
  • E9The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski★ 8.297
  • E10Some Men Need Help★ 6.622
  • E11Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom★ 7.527
  • E12Breakfast with Les and Bess★ 8.215
  • E13Nightsongs★ 7.417
  • E14Under the Biltmore Clock★ 6.9103
  • E15Displaced Person★ 7.836
  • E18Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I★ 7.5288
  • E19Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II★ 7.619
  • E20Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III★ 9.070
S59 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket★ 7.165
  • E4Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part 1★ 7.0252
  • E5Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part II★ 7.520
  • E6Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part III★ 7.117
  • E7Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part IV★ 7.218
  • E13Rocket to the Moon★ 7.062
  • E15Painting Churches★ 9.013
  • E16Roanoak: Part I★ 7.534
  • E19Sunday in the Park with George★ 8.31k
S68 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1All My Sons★ 7.6191
  • E2The Prodigious Hickey★ 7.9130
  • E3The Wide Net★ 8.815
  • E5Eleanor: In Her Own Words★ 9.617
  • E7Charley's Aunt★ 9.328
  • E8The House of Blue Leaves★ 8.2141
  • E9Blue Window★ 8.918
  • E10Dottie★ 7.614
S78 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1Strange Interlude: Part 1★ 8.356
  • E6The Revolt of Mother★ 7.429
  • E7Pigeon Feathers★ 6.925
  • E10Journey Into Genius★ 6.930
  • E11Suspicion★ 5.2149
  • E12The Trial of Bernhard Goetz★ 6.924
  • E13I Never Sang for My Father★ 8.129
  • E15The Big Knife★ 6.115
S88 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1A Raisin in the Sun★ 7.4259
  • E2Ask Me Again★ 8.855
  • E5Love and Other Sorrows★ 6.924
  • E8Life Under Water★ 5.2118
  • E9The Diaries of Adam and Eve★ 8.321
  • E10The Meeting★ 8.831
  • E13Land of Little Rain★ 8.013
  • E14Imagining America★ 7.219
S94 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1Sensibility and Sense★ 8.172
  • E2Women & Wallace★ 7.521
  • E3Zora Is My Name!★ 6.429
  • E4Andre's Mother★ 7.7165
S106 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1Into the Woods★ 8.73k
  • E2The Grapes of Wrath★ 7.699
  • E4The Hollow Boy★ 8.120
  • E5O Pioneers!★ 8.040
  • E6Hot Summer Winds★ 7.416
  • E7The Sunset Gang★ 8.837
S113 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Fires in the Mirror★ 7.669
  • E3The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess★ 7.8172
  • E5Hallelujah★ 7.636
S122 eps · ★ 8.9
  • E1Tru★ 9.3109
  • E7In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway★ 8.431
Specials2 eps · ★ 7.2
  • ·Triple Play II★ 7.515
  • ·Mrs. Cage★ 6.880

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Comments

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Seasons

13

best episode: S6E5 — Eleanor: In Her Own Words ★ 9.6 (17)

S116 eps · ★ 7.1
  • E1The Shady Hill Kidnapping★ 7.822
  • E2King of America★ 4.229
  • E3Seguin★ 6.355
  • E4Who Am I This Time?★ 7.6920
  • E5Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine★ 7.051
  • E6Come Along with Me★ 6.188
  • E7For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf★ 8.193
  • E8Carl Sandburg: Echoes and Silences★ 7.016
  • E9Fifth of July★ 8.1155
  • E10The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters★ 7.6273
  • E11Pilgrim, Farewell★ 7.559
  • E13Medal of Honor Rag★ 7.618
  • E14Working★ 7.281
  • E16Private Contentment★ 7.719
  • E17My Palikari★ 7.651
  • E25The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez★ 7.01k
S28 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1The Skin of Our Teeth★ 7.972
  • E2Miss Lonelyhearts★ 6.968
  • E3Family Business★ 8.517
  • E4Keeping On★ 5.533
  • E5The Files on Jill Hatch: Part I★ 8.715
  • E8For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story★ 7.4187
  • E11Wings★ 7.814
  • E12The Rothko Conspiracy★ 7.413
S310 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1The Ghost Writer★ 7.147
  • E2Pudd'nhead Wilson★ 7.079
  • E3True West★ 8.5479
  • E5Popular Neurotics★ 8.610
  • E6The Cafeteria★ 8.422
  • E9Vengeance Is Mine★ 6.841
  • E10The Killing Floor★ 7.3246
  • E12City News★ 6.221
  • E13Hughie★ 9.325
  • E14Concealed Enemies, Part I: Suspicion★ 8.357
S415 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E2A Matter of Principle★ 6.988
  • E3Solomon Northup's Odyssey★ 7.3331
  • E5Go Tell It on the Mountain★ 7.8101
  • E6Noon Wine★ 7.282
  • E7The Joy That Kills★ 6.629
  • E9The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski★ 8.297
  • E10Some Men Need Help★ 6.622
  • E11Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom★ 7.527
  • E12Breakfast with Les and Bess★ 8.215
  • E13Nightsongs★ 7.417
  • E14Under the Biltmore Clock★ 6.9103
  • E15Displaced Person★ 7.836
  • E18Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part I★ 7.5288
  • E19Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part II★ 7.619
  • E20Three Sovereigns for Sarah: Part III★ 9.070
S59 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1The Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket★ 7.165
  • E4Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part 1★ 7.0252
  • E5Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part II★ 7.520
  • E6Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part III★ 7.117
  • E7Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Part IV★ 7.218
  • E13Rocket to the Moon★ 7.062
  • E15Painting Churches★ 9.013
  • E16Roanoak: Part I★ 7.534
  • E19Sunday in the Park with George★ 8.31k
S68 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1All My Sons★ 7.6191
  • E2The Prodigious Hickey★ 7.9130
  • E3The Wide Net★ 8.815
  • E5Eleanor: In Her Own Words★ 9.617
  • E7Charley's Aunt★ 9.328
  • E8The House of Blue Leaves★ 8.2141
  • E9Blue Window★ 8.918
  • E10Dottie★ 7.614
S78 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1Strange Interlude: Part 1★ 8.356
  • E6The Revolt of Mother★ 7.429
  • E7Pigeon Feathers★ 6.925
  • E10Journey Into Genius★ 6.930
  • E11Suspicion★ 5.2149
  • E12The Trial of Bernhard Goetz★ 6.924
  • E13I Never Sang for My Father★ 8.129
  • E15The Big Knife★ 6.115
S88 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1A Raisin in the Sun★ 7.4259
  • E2Ask Me Again★ 8.855
  • E5Love and Other Sorrows★ 6.924
  • E8Life Under Water★ 5.2118
  • E9The Diaries of Adam and Eve★ 8.321
  • E10The Meeting★ 8.831
  • E13Land of Little Rain★ 8.013
  • E14Imagining America★ 7.219
S94 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1Sensibility and Sense★ 8.172
  • E2Women & Wallace★ 7.521
  • E3Zora Is My Name!★ 6.429
  • E4Andre's Mother★ 7.7165
S106 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1Into the Woods★ 8.73k
  • E2The Grapes of Wrath★ 7.699
  • E4The Hollow Boy★ 8.120
  • E5O Pioneers!★ 8.040
  • E6Hot Summer Winds★ 7.416
  • E7The Sunset Gang★ 8.837
S113 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Fires in the Mirror★ 7.669
  • E3The Gershwins' Porgy & Bess★ 7.8172
  • E5Hallelujah★ 7.636
S122 eps · ★ 8.9
  • E1Tru★ 9.3109
  • E7In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway★ 8.431
Specials2 eps · ★ 7.2
  • ·Triple Play II★ 7.515
  • ·Mrs. Cage★ 6.880

Top cast

16
JJeffrey DeMunnBrently MallardJJeffrey DeMunnGeorgeJJeffrey DeMunnGeorge Pierce BakerEElizabeth FranzAunt JosephineEElizabeth FranzDoctorEElizabeth FranzDottie McCannEEdward HerrmannAlger HissEEdward HerrmannThe HeadmasterSSada ThompsonFanny ChurchSSada ThompsonKatherine Gerard - Andre's MotherSSada ThompsonMrs. AntrobusBBarnard HughesKingBBarnard HughesLudlow WhitneyBBarnard HughesThe KingPPatrick DayHuckKKen HowardSam Evans

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Comments

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