A Woman of Independent Means (1995/NBC): Spanning five generations and punctuated with the emotional letters she writes, this six hour mini-series follows Bess Steed Garner (Sally Field) through each stage of life: from the birth of her three children to the death of her first husband: from the passion of her affairs to the anguish of a mother and daughter locked in conflict. The mini-series is based upon the best-selling novel of the same name by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey.
Airdate: February 1995
Executive Producers: Robert Greenwald & Sally Field
Supervising Producer: Philip Kleinbart
Writer: Cindy Myers
Director: Robert Greenwald
Cast: Sally Field, Charles Durning, Tony Goldwyn, Brenda Fricker, Ron Silver, Jack Thompson, Sheila McCarthy
Awards:
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Primetime Emmy Award Nominations for: Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting
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Primetime Emmy Award for Individual Achievement in Costuming in a Miniseries
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Golden Globe Nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Telefilm
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Other Television Work: Beach Girls, Plain Truth, The Book of Ruth, The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth about Enron, Redeemer, Disappearance, Blonde, Natalie Cole Story, Deadlocked, Sharing the Secret, The Audrey Hepburn Story, Our Guys, The Secret Path, The Day Lincoln was Shot, Blood on Her Hands, The Secret, To Love, Honor and Deceive, Whose Daughter is She?, Scattered Dreams, Zelda, Death in Small Doses, Not in my Family, The Portrait, Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story, She Says She's Innocent, The Entertainers, Our Sons, Forgotten Prisoners: The Amnesty Files, How to Murder a Millionaire, Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes, My Brother's Wife, A Deadly Silence, Perfect People, Lena: My 100 Children, Daddy, On Fire, Can You Feel me Dancing?, A Fight for Jenny, Liberty, Shattered Spirits, Silent Witness, The Burning Bed
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