Hollywood Wives
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| Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives | |
|---|---|
| Genre | primetime television mini-series |
| Starring | Candice Bergen Joanna Cassidy Mary Crosby Angie Dickinson Steve Forrest Anthony Hopkins Roddy McDowall Stefanie Powers Suzanne Somers Robert Stack Rod Steiger Andrew Stevens Catherine Mary Stewart Frances Bergen |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 3 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 100 minutes per episode |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
Jackie Collins' Hollywood Wives was an American television mini-series that aired on ABC in February 1985. It was based on the 1983 novel by romance writer Jackie Collins and was a ratings hit, becoming one of the most successful mini-series of the 1980s.
The mini-series tells the stories of several women in Hollywood, ranging all the way from long-time talent agents and screenwriters to vivacious screen vixens and young, innocent necomers.
[edit] Starring Cast
- Elaine Conti - Candice Bergen.
- Elaine is a Brooklyn babe turned Hollywood hostess, desperate to stay at the top while her marriage to former screen sex symbol Ross Conti crumbles beneath her. She is a compulsive shoplifter who lives in Beverly Hills. Elaine is a woman ruthlessly driven to improve her husband's career and her own standing within Tinseltown.
- Marilee Gray - Joanna Cassidy.
- Marilee is Elaine's close friend and the former wife of director Neil Gray.
- Karen Lancaster - Mary Crosby.
- Karen is the daughter of super celebrity George Lancaster. Karen begins making her own play for Elaine's one-time matinee idol husband.
- Sadie LaSalle - Angie Dickinson.
- Sadie is a Hollywood star-maker who was responsible for Ross Conti's stardom. Sadie eventually discovers Buddy Hudson.
- Ross Conti - Steve Forrest.
- Ross is a Hollywood star burning out, hitting 50 without a viable career in a town that has little pity.
- Neil Gray - Anthony Hopkins.
- Neil is an alcoholic, top director caught in a seductive web.
- Jason Swandle - Roddy McDowall.
- Jason Swandle always seems to know whats going on with everybody.
- Montana Gray - Stefanie Powers.
- Montana is a woman determined to break the glass ceiling of Hollywood studios. She is Neil Gray's second wife.
- Gina Germaine - Suzanne Somers.
- Gina is a promiscuous actress willing to do anything to advance her career, including working her considerable wiles on movie director Neil Gray.
- George Lancaster - Robert Stack.
- George Lancaster is a beloved Hollywood favorite.
- Oliver Easterne - Rod Steiger.
- Oliver is a Hollywood studio boss.
- Buddy Hudson - Andrew Stevens.
- Buddy is a Los Angeles hustler with ambitions of hitting it big and having it all, regardless of his past life and his new bride.
- Angel Hudson - Catherine Mary Stewart.
- Angel is Buddy's new bride, trying to find her own way in a new town.
- Pamela Lancaster - Frances Bergen.
- Pamela is the wife of Hollywood star George Lancaster and the mother of Karen Lancaster.
