Last of Mrs. Lincoln, The

Five-time Tony Award-winner, Julie Harris, recreates her 1972 award-winning Broadway portrayal in this powerful and touching look at the final seventeen years in the life of Mary Todd Lincoln, widow to the martyred President. Based on real events, this production casts a sad and sympathetic light onto this frighteningly complicated woman. Mary Lincoln scavenges desperately for money, loses a cherished son to consumption, is branded a lunatic and committed to a mental institution; culminating with her spending her final days fleeing from the preying eyes of the public and a scandal-hungry press.

"A fresh, revealing picture of Abraham Lincoln's tragedy-haute wife." - The Washington Post

1976, Drama, 130 minutes, Color

Cast: Julie Harris, Michael Cristofer, Robby Benson, Patrick Duffy, Jack Furlong, Linda Kelsey, Kurtis Lee, Macon McCalman, Pricilla Morrill, Denver Pyle, Ford Rainer, Jay M. Riley, Billy Simpson, Royce Wallace, Kate Wilkinson


Written by: James Prideaux

Music by: Lyn Murray

Directed by: George Schaefer


Produced by: George Schaefer

Executive Producer: Norman Lloyd