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In this film outtake, actress Lily Tomlin talks about campaigning for Bella Abzug and how she was inspired to fight for her rights by the politician.
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Alan Cumming performs a musical theater parody of each of the nominees for Best Film at the Movies for Grownups Awards.
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George Clooney Accepts "Best Actor" at the Movies for Grownups Awards for his work on "Jay Kelly."
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Premieres Friday, May 8 at 9/8c on PBS, pbs.org/gperf and the PBS app Created by Tony Award winner Shaina Taub, this musical recorded from Broadway tells the story of the American suffrag…
Ahead of his 100th birthday, celebrate the life and career of legendary actor Dick Van Dyke. Known for iconic roles in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and his classic CBS sitcom, he ha…
Armed with razor sharp comedy instincts, a legendary talent for physical comedy and a good guy reputation that spilled over into his characters, Dick Van Dyke is one of Hollywood's most belo…
Ted Danson watched "The Dick Van Dyke Show" on his first television set, and found that Van Dyke was a performer you wanted to spend time with. "He gave people a laugh, he uplifted people, a…
In Dick Van Dyke's memoir, he wrote: "There have only been two times in my career when I have known that I had a chance to be involved in something special. The first was 'The Dick Van Dyke …
Dick Van Dyke's career has spanned almost eight decades across stage, television, and film. His journey into show business started with touring as half of the comedy duo The Merry Mutes, the…
Throughout his 100 years, Dick Van Dyke has enjoyed nearly eight decades in show business. He began his career on radio in Illinois, which propelled him to Broadway, television, and film. In…
Larry Mathews, who played Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore's son Ritchie Petrie in "The Dick Van Dyke Show," discovered a trove of home movies his father shot while Mathews was on set.
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Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore had such great on-screen chemistry that they reunited for a variety special in 1969 called "Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman." The success of this special…
Carl Reiner, the creator of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," incorporated Dick Van Dyke's love of physical comedy into his main character's "awkward, bumbling man" persona.
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There were two variants of the opening credits of "The Dick Van Dyke Show," one where Dick trips over an ottoman and another where he sidesteps the ottoman. This clever change became the sig…
Conan O'Brien recounts having Dick Van Dyke on his talk show. It's a dream come true for Conan when they dance together, and he recalls meeting him as an out-of-body experience.
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Go backstage at the newly revitalized Delacorte Theater in Central Park, home to Free Shakespeare in the Park. Patrick Willingham (Executive Director of The Public Theater) traces the theate…
American Masters Celebrates Dick Van Dyke's 100th Birthday with Star-Studded Documentary. Starring Dick Van Dyke explores how the prolific performer became a star on stage, television and fi…
March 30th, 1987"21-year-old Marlee Matlin, bespectacled and in a puff-sleeved purple gown, cautiously took the stage and changed the course of film history. Her Best Actress Oscar for the r…
Acclaimed dancer Tiler Peck explains how she got her start on Broadway at 11 and then became an apprentice at the New York City Ballet at just 15 years old.
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In 1927, the television was invented: for the first time in human history, technology allowed for a way to transmit information visually. That could have been a breakthrough for Deaf communi…
Great Performances continues its partnership with The Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater with Great Performances: Twelfth Night, premiering Friday, Novemb…
In this interview from March 6, 2004, actor and playwright Harvey Fierstein talks to director Michael Kantor backstage at the Neil Simone Theatre during the Broadway production of "Hairspray…
Marlee Matlin was struggling with drug addiction and domestic abuse from her partner at the time, William Hurt. After she completed rehab, her friend Henry Winkler took her in for two years …
Marlee Matlin refused to allow a hearing actor to play her Deaf husband in the Academy Award-winning 2021 film "CODA," and for the first time in her career, warned that she would exit the fi…
Marlee Matlin visits the house she grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois and shares stories from her childhood, including how she became Deaf at 18 months old.
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