It was originally staged on Broadway with Maureen Stapleton as Magnani's English was too limited at the time for her to star.
She was nominated for the television version of All the King's Men (1959), Queen of the Stardust Ballroom (1975), and The Gathering (1977).
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She once said that it was her infatuation with the handsome Hollywood actor Joel McCrea which led her into acting.
Stapleton | Maureen Tucker | Maureen O'Sullivan | Jean Stapleton | Maureen O'Hara | Maureen Forrester | Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere | Maureen Stapleton | Maureen McCormick | Maureen Johnson | Maureen Dowd | Maureen Connolly | Maureen Lipman | Sullivan Stapleton | Steven Stapleton | Stapleton, Bristol | Maureen Anderman | Stapleton, Staten Island | Maureen Teefy | Maureen Mwanawasa | Maureen Duffy | Maureen Bunyan | Maureen Brosnahan | Wendy Stapleton | Walker Stapleton | Thomas Stapleton (theologian) | Thomas J. Stapleton | Theobald Stapleton | Stapleton (Staten Island Railway station) | Stapleton, Selby |
Among the guest stars in the series' 12 episodes were: Loni Anderson, Elizabeth Ashley, Ned Beatty, James Best, Michael Chiklis, Dom DeLuise, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Jack Gilford, Neil Patrick Harris, Doug McClure, Ricardo Montalban, Denise Nicholas, Austin Pendleton, Deborah Raffin, Helen Shaver, Maureen Stapleton and Kristy Swanson.
Directed by Robert Moore the cast featured, in addition to Maureen Stapleton, Betsy von Furstenberg (Toby Landau) Michael Lombard, (Jimmy Perry) and Charles Siebert (Lou Tanner).