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American Masters

Season 1 1986
TV-14

  • 1986-06-24T01:00:00Z on PBS
  • 1h 30m
  • 18h (12 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
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.

12 episodes

A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman for television.

1x02 Philip Johnson, Self Portrait

  • 1986-07-01T01:00:00Z1h 30m

One of America's best-known architects is profiled, with emphasis on his early career and his later movement away from minimalism.

A biography of the well-known social critic and author Katherine Anne Porter.

1986-07-15T01:00:00Z

1x04 The Unknown Chaplin (1)

1x04 The Unknown Chaplin (1)

  • 1986-07-15T01:00:00Z1h 30m

An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

1986-07-22T01:00:00Z

1x05 The Unknown Chaplin (2)

1x05 The Unknown Chaplin (2)

  • 1986-07-22T01:00:00Z1h 30m

An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

1986-07-29T01:00:00Z

1x06 The Unknown Chaplin (3)

1x06 The Unknown Chaplin (3)

  • 1986-07-29T01:00:00Z1h 30m

An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

A biography of Billie Holiday, one of America's most unique and emotional jazz singers and the tragic end of her life at an early age.

1x08 James Levine: A Life in Music

  • 1986-08-12T01:00:00Z1h 30m

The musical career of the long-time conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera as reflected by following his normal working day on camera.

1x09 Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait

  • 1986-08-19T01:00:00Z1h 30m

One of America's signature classical composers and the unique elements he incorporated into his pieces.

The strikingly realistic and unsentimental paintings of the noted artist from Philadelphia.

1986-09-02T01:00:00Z

1x11 Georgia O'Keeffe

1x11 Georgia O'Keeffe

  • 1986-09-02T01:00:00Z1h 30m

A profile of the noted American artist originally produced to celebrate her 90th birthday.

Season Finale

1986-09-09T01:00:00Z

1x12 Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts

Season Finale

1x12 Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts

  • 1986-09-09T01:00:00Z1h 30m
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