Interview Dominick Dunne In his two-hour interview, Dominick Dunne (1925-2009) talks about his formative years during which he made associations with such notable figures as Gore Vidal and Anais Nin. He describes his first job in television as a stage manager at NBC. He reminisces about working with the children on Howdy...
Interview Rue McClanahan In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Rue McClanahan (1934-2010) talks about how she got her start in acting on the stage, and touches on some of her feature films from the 1960s. She discusses her first regular role in television, as scheming nurse "Caroline Johnson" on Another World. She recalls...
Interview Marlene Sanders In her three-hour interview, Marlene Sanders (1931-2015) speaks about growing up in Cleveland where she developed an early interest in theatre. She discusses her move to New York City, where, after a series of odd jobs, she landed a job at WABD-TV. She talks about meeting Mike Wallace and being...
Interview Frederick S. Pierce In his three-hour interview, Frederick S. Pierce talks about how he first came to work at ABC in 1956 and his initial work as an analyst in the television research department, under Julius Barnathan. He discusses several of the series that ABC had on the air at the time and how the department...
Interview Rick Berman In his three-hour-plus interview, Rick Berman talks about his early years in television, where he worked as a producer on documentary series and specials including The Big Blue Marble . He recalls his move to Los Angeles and his work as a development executive before being tapped by Gene...