TV Movies About Celebrities

[DallasFanForever]

Doesn't Sean Hayes from WILL & GRACE play Jerry Lewis? Don't know how I feel about that.

Yes he does, and I have to say he did an outstanding job in my opinion.

I only have a vague memory of knowing this existed, but I've never seen it. I am not a fan of Brad Garrett, so I'm not really looking forward to liking this.

I was never the biggest fan myself and he probably wouldn’t have been my first choice for the role but overall I think he was decent enough. I’ve only seen it once and that was when it first premiered but I remember it being a good movie overall.

 

[Crimson]

I seem to recall a spate of TV-movies about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz's marriage/divorce. Though I've always been fond of them, I had no desire to watch other people play them.

You're not missing much. The trio of TV-movies about Lucy (1991; 2003; 2021*) are not particularly noteworthy . The first two are typical TV-movie mediocrities: poorly cast, superficial and un-insightful. The third is a mess of inaccuracies and anachronisms, but at least has some some observations and insight into personalities and relationships.

*BEING THE RICARDOS had a theatrical release but it was made for Amazon's streaming service, so I consider it a TV-movie.

 

[ClassyCo]

So, I know we've already talked about FALL FROM GRACE (1990) before, but I'll throw it in this thread, too.

The story centers on Jim (Kevin Spacey) and Tammy Faye Bakker (Bernadette Peters), their PTL ministry, and the scandal that surrounded it all. The TV movie is decently produced, and I suppose Spacey and Peters are good enough in their roles. This movie came out around three years after the Bakkers' celebrity hit the fan when their dirty laundry was hung out to dry.

Has anyone seen this one?

 

[Carrie Fairchild]

Despite being a Patsy Kensit fan, I somehow have only just found out that she played the lead in Love & Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story, a two part biopic that aired on FOX in the mid-90’s.

 

[Caryscott]

So, I know we've already talked about FALL FROM GRACE (1990) before, but I'll throw it in this thread, too.

The story centers on Jim (Kevin Spacey) and Tammy Faye Bakker (Bernadette Peters), their PTL ministry, and the scandal that surrounded it all. The TV movie is decently produced, and I suppose Spacey and Peters are good enough in their roles. This movie came out around three years after the Bakkers' celebrity hit the fan when their dirty laundry was hung out to dry.

Has anyone seen this one?

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Not since it aired but I remember thinking it was pretty good at the time.

 

[Caryscott]

You're not missing much. The trio of TV-movies about Lucy (1991; 2003; 2021*) are not particularly noteworthy . The first two are typical TV-movie mediocrities: poorly cast, superficial and un-insightful. The third is a mess of inaccuracies and anachronisms, but at least has some some observations and insight into personalities and relationships.

*BEING THE RICARDOS had a theatrical release but it was made for Amazon's streaming service, so I consider it a TV-movie.

Your call but Academy Award eligible so a theatrical film. Streamers are not the first tv networks to produce theatrical films. Always some license, they aren’t documentaries after all. I found it an interesting take, Sorkin had a point of view.

 

[Laura Avery-Sumner]

I wish I could find Lovely Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story with Michele Lee.

 

[ClassyCo]

Loni Anderson as Thelma Todd in WHITE HOT: THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF THELMA TODD (1991).

 

[Soaplover]

Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story (1995)​

played by Sherilyn Fenn

A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story (1994)​

played by Shannen Doherty