''Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All'' is a 1994 American television

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written by

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and based on the 1989

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Allan Gurganus Allan Gurganus is an American novelist, short story writer, and essayist whose work, which includes ''Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All'' and '' Local Souls'', is often influenced by and set in his native North Carolina. Biography Gurgan ...

. It was directed by

Ken Cameron Ken Cameron (born 1946) is an Australian film and television director and writer. Cameron was born in Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia and graduated from Sydney University with BA in 1968. He has won two AACTA Awards, AFI Awards for direc ...

and starred

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and

Anne Bancroft Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, tw ...

. The miniseries won several

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, including an Outstanding Supporting Actress award to Cicely Tyson.Emmy Magazine: Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells – Awards and Nominations
/ref> This miniseries was first aired in two parts on

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on May 1 and 3, 1994.

Plot

On her 99th birthday, Lucy Honicut Marsden (

) recalls her life as the 14-year-old bride of a veteran of the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

Cast

as young Lucy Honicut Marsden *

as Capt. William Marsden *

as Castalia, Marsden Family House Enslaved Maid *

as Lucy Marsden (age 99) *

Blythe Danner Blythe Katherine Danner (born February 3, 1943) is an American actress. Accolades she has received include two Primetime Emmy Awards for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, Best Supporting Actress in a Dra ...

as Bianca Honicut *

E. G. Marshall E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz;Everett Eugene Grunz in Minnesota, U.S., Birth Index, 1900-1934, Ancestry.comEverett Eugene Grunz in the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, accessed via Ancestry.com June 18, ...

as Prof. Taw, Old Folks Home Resident

References

External links

* 1990s American television miniseries 1994 drama films American Civil War films Films scored by Mark Snow Films about old age CBS films Television shows based on American novels Films directed by Ken Cameron Primetime Emmy Award–winning television series 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{AmericanCivilWar-drama-film-stub