
A Single Woman
1 hour 32 minutes2008-09-21
7.0
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A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragist, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally chilling, ironic and idiosyncratic, A Single Woman illuminates the role of the individual in the American legislative process with a whimsical amalgamation of storytelling, high-powered discourse and communion. The program is a filmed version of the successful stage play.
Cast

Jeanmarie Simpson
Jeannette Rankin

Patricia Arquette
Storyteller

Joyce Julianne Auer
Carrie Chapman Catt

Karen Black
Storyteller

Traber Burns
Harry Truman / Sam Rayburn / Newspaper Editor

Kate Connor
Alice Paul

Peter Coyote
Maury Maverick

Cameron Crain
70's Anchorman / Georgia Congressman / 1917 Reporter

Frances Fisher
Narrator (voice) / Suffragist

Richard Fisher
John McCormack

Barry Ford
Uncle Joe Cannon

Andy Hirsch
W.W.I Reporter

Shyla Huber
Katharine Anthony

Mimi Kennedy
Storyteller

Margot Kidder
Storyteller

Cassidy Lehrman
Young Jeannette Rankin

Qing Lin
Chinese Girl

Qxing Lin
Chinese Girl

Joel Marshall
John Raker

Judd Nelson
Jewish Reporter

Elizabeth Peña
Storyteller

Jeremy Radin
Fiorello LaGuardia

Mary Kay Riley
Belle Fleigelman Weinstein / Jeanette's Mother

Cindy Sheehan
Storyteller

Jeffrey J. Simpson
Wellington Rankin

Chandra Wilson
Coretta Scott King (voice)
