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2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 1981
Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Directed by
Gus Trikonis
Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.
The story
Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.
Cast
Don JohnsonElvis Presley
Stephanie ZimbalistLinda Thompson
Ann DusenberryJeannie LeMay
Rick LenzDavid Briggs
Ann WedgeworthAunt Betty
Richard HerdSanford Thompson
Jay W. MacIntoshMarge Thompson
Ruta LeeSu-Su
Edward EdwardsSam Thompson
John CrawfordVernon Presley
Darrell FettyPete Moore
Richard WintersteinBobby Farr
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