Great Performances poster

TV series · 1971

Great Performances

First aired 28 January 1971 TMDB ↗

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.

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Cathleen Nesbitt
82
Ralph Richardson
as Self
68
Ralph Richardson
68
Rosamund Greenwood
as Miss Prism
63
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Self
61
Gene Kelly
as Self
58
Kevin McCarthy
as Hart
56
Kevin McCarthy
as Trigorin
56
John Randolph
as James Mayo
55
Arthur Miller
as Self
55
Sarah Cunningham
as Nelly Winrod
52
Howard Keel
as Self
51
Neva Patterson
as Mrs. Buchanan
50
Alexis Smith
as Self
49
Carol Channing
as Self
49
Mike Kellin
as Sam
48
Graham Crowden
as The Bishop
48
Joan Copeland
as Self
48
William Russell
46
Louis Zorich
as Jonas
46
Louis Zorich
as Dorn
46
Donald O'Connor
as Mock Turtle
45
Donald O'Connor
as Self
45
Angela Lansbury
as Self
45
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
45
Robert Hardy
as Self
45
Gianni Bonagura
45
Biff McGuire
as Foley
44
Biff McGuire
as Murphy
44
Stefan Gierasch
as Mikhail
44
Mel Brooks
as Self
44
Shecky Greene
as Self
44
George Grizzard
as Larry
42
Tom Aldredge
as Fool
42
Tom Aldredge
as Mazzini
42
Joan Plowright
as Self
41
Audrey Hepburn
as Self - Host
41
John McMartin
as Leone Gala
41
John McMartin
as Teddy Wharton
41
Anne Francis
as Winnie
40
Robert Morse
as Self
39
Chita Rivera
as Self
38
Carol Burnett
as Self
37
George Morfogen
as Count Hohenzollern
37
Rue McClanahan
as Josey Finn
36
Rue McClanahan
as Cora
36
Rue McClanahan
as Faye Precious
36
Maggie Smith
as Violet Venable
36
Richard Chamberlain
as Anton Chekhov
36
Josef Sommer
as Nikolai
36
Josef Sommer
as Polonius
36
Diahann Carroll
as Self
35
Lou Myers
as Reverend Mosely
35
Marian Mercer
as Masha
35
Charles Grodin
as Jake
35
Brian Bedford
as Degas (voice)
35
Héctor Elizondo
as Morris King
34
Charles Kimbrough
as Dr.Spiga
34
Charles Kimbrough
as Benton Arrelsford
34
Charles Kimbrough
as Editor
34
Kris Kristofferson
as Self
34
Bill Cosby
as Self
33
Rosalind Cash
as Goneril
32
Clarence Felder
32
Peter Bogdanovich
as Self
31
Michael Gambon
as Self
30
Ken Jenkins
as Aubin
30
K Callan
as Evelyn Jackson
29
Roberta Maxwell
as Clara
29
Roberta Maxwell
as Mrs. Webb
29
Peter Maloney
as Mr. Webb
29
Madeline Kahn
as Self
28
Frederick Coffin
as Oswald
28
Frederick Coffin
as Second Guard
28
Frederick Coffin
as Lt. Maxwell
28
Malcolm McDowell
as Bill
27
Patti LaBelle
as Self
26
Swoosie Kurtz
as Muriel McComber
26
Swoosie Kurtz
as Rita Altabel
26
James Naughton
as Haemon
25
John Lithgow
as Capt. Thorne
25
Jeffrey Jones
as Sgt. Wilson
24
Ivar Brogger
as Snake
24
Sally Field
as Self
24
Linda Ronstadt
as Self
24
Linda Ronstadt
as San Miguel
24
Mary Beth Hurt
as Caroline Mitford
24
Jonathan Pryce
as Self - Narrator (voice)
23
Dianne Wiest
as Elizabeth Gertrude Stern
22
Jeremy Irons
as Self
22
James Staley
as Robert Conklin (Driver Jr.)
22
Bernadette Peters
as Libby
22
Loretta Devine
as Janine
21
David Foster
as Self
21
Brooke Adams
as Julia Newell
21
Amy Irving
as Ellie Dunn
17
John Pankow
as George Richie
16
Craig Wasson
as Mark Twain
16
Gary Sinise
as Self
15
Bill Maher
as Self
15
Tom McCamus
as Edmund Tyrone
15
Kate Burton
as Alice
13
Michelle Pfeiffer
as Natica Jackson
12
Bebe Neuwirth
as Self
12
Brad Garrett
as Self
10
Camryn Manheim
as Self
9
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
as Don Giovanni
8
Johnny Depp
as Self
7
Penelope Ann Miller
as Emily Webb
7
Alan Cumming
as Self
6
Adrian Pasdar
as George
5
Cynthia Nixon
as Self
4
Will Smith
as Self
2
Daniel Dae Kim
as DHH
2
Adrian Lester
as Self
2
Leslie Odom Jr.
as Self - Performer
Unknown
Leslie Odom Jr.
as Purlie Victorious Judson
Unknown
Emma Bunton
as Self - Baby Spice
Unknown
Melanie C
as Self - Sporty Spice
Unknown
Victoria Beckham
as Self - Posh Spice
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