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American Masters

TV series / 1986

American Masters

Documentary

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American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

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The seasons

Season 1 Season 1 1986 · 12 episodes Season details

June 23, 1986

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Season 2 Season 2 1987 · 10 episodes Season details

July 6, 1987

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Season 3 Season 3 1988 · 8 episodes Season details

July 11, 1988

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Season 4 Season 4 1989 · 10 episodes Season details

July 3, 1989

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Season 5 Season 5 1990 · 8 episodes Season details

July 2, 1990

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Season 6 Season 6 1991 · 9 episodes Season details

July 1, 1991

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Season 7 Season 7 1993 · 3 episodes Season details

March 14, 1993

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Season 8 Season 8 1993 · 2 episodes Season details

Dec. 8, 1993

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Season 9 Season 9 1994 · 4 episodes Season details

Nov. 30, 1994

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Season 10 Season 10 1995 · 5 episodes Season details

Nov. 29, 1995

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Season 11 Season 11 1996 · 5 episodes Season details

Nov. 25, 1996

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Season 12 Season 12 1997 · 6 episodes Season details

Sept. 17, 1997

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Season 13 Season 13 1998 · 7 episodes Season details

Oct. 28, 1998

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Season 14 Season 14 1999 · 7 episodes Season details

Nov. 1, 1999

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Season 15 Season 15 2000 · 8 episodes Season details

Sept. 27, 2000

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Season 16 Season 16 2001 · 8 episodes Season details

Oct. 7, 2001

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Season 17 Season 17 2002 · 8 episodes Season details

Oct. 2, 2002

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Season 18 Season 18 2003 · 8 episodes Season details

Sept. 3, 2003

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Season 19 Season 19 2005 · 8 episodes Season details

May 11, 2005

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Season 20 Season 20 2006 · 9 episodes Season details

May 10, 2006

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Season 21 Season 21 2007 · 9 episodes Season details

April 4, 2007

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Season 22 Season 22 2008 · 9 episodes Season details

Feb. 27, 2008

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Season 23 Season 23 2009 · 8 episodes Season details

Feb. 18, 2009

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Season 24 Season 24 2010 · 8 episodes Season details

Jan. 11, 2010

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Season 25 Season 25 2011 · 9 episodes Season details

Jan. 12, 2011

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Season 26 Season 26 2012 · 8 episodes Season details

Jan. 23, 2012

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Season 27 Season 27 2013 · 5 episodes Season details

Feb. 22, 2013

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Season 28 Season 28 2013 · 10 episodes Season details

Dec. 27, 2013

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Season 29 Season 29 2015 · 8 episodes Season details

Jan. 23, 2015

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Season 30 Season 30 2016 · 9 episodes Season details

Jan. 29, 2016

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Season 31 Season 31 2017 · 10 episodes Season details

Jan. 3, 2017

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Season 32 Season 32 2018 · 8 episodes Season details

Jan. 19, 2018

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Season 33 Season 33 2019 · 12 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 2019

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Season 34 Season 34 2020 · 8 episodes Season details

March 3, 2020

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Season 35 Season 35 2021 · 10 episodes Season details

Jan. 18, 2021

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Season 36 Season 36 2022 · 8 episodes Season details

Jan. 11, 2022

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Season 37 Season 37 2023 · 9 episodes Season details

Jan. 24, 2023

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Season 38 Season 38 2024 · 7 episodes Season details

Jan. 2, 2024

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Season 39 Season 39 2025 · 8 episodes Season details

Feb. 21, 2025

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Season 40 Season 40 2026 · 7 episodes Season details

Jan. 27, 2026

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Season 41 Season 41 2026 · 1 episode Season details

Dec. 29, 2026

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Special episodes

Specials 1985 · 1 episode Season details

Oct. 7, 1985

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Cast

Hillary ClintonSelf Mike NicholsSelf Gloria SteinemSelf Steve MartinSelf · Self - Interviewee Scarlett JohanssonSelf Goran VišnjićRobert Capa (voice) Patsy ClineSelf (archive footage) Maya AngelouSelf Sidney LumetSelf Oprah WinfreySelf CommonSelf Bill ClintonSelf

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Jane AlexanderNarrator Graeme MalcomJohn Muir (voice) Denis O'HareEdgar Allan Poe Kathleen TurnerNarrator (voice) Peter FalkSelf Billie Jean KingSelf Peaches BartkowiczSelf Rosie CasalsSelf Margaret CourtSelf Chris EvertSelf Julie HeldmanSelf Valerie JarrettSelf Elton JohnSelf Maria SharapovaSelf Serena WilliamsSelf Venus WilliamsSelf Caroline WozniackiSelf Lena HorneSelf Gail Lumet BuckleySelf Ossie DavisSelf Alan KingSelf Ricardo MontalbanSelf Bobby ShortSelf Liz SmithSelf Dionne WarwickSelf Joe WilliamsSelf Luther HendersonSelf Josephine PremiceSelf Jonathan SchwartzSelf Michael WrightSelf Richard AvedonSelf John LahrSelf Mikhail BaryshnikovSelf Graydon CarterSelf Annie LeibovitzSelf George ClooneySelf Robert Downey Jr.Self Kirsten DunstSelf Whoopi GoldbergSelf Mick JaggerSelf Bette MidlerSelf Yoko OnoSelf Richard NixonSelf Hunter S. ThompsonSelf Susan SontagSelf Arnold SchwarzeneggerSelf Jason SchwartzmanSelf Chris RockSelf Julia RobertsSelf Mae WestSelf (archive footage) Keith RichardsSelf Candice BergenSelf Anna WintourSelf Margaret ChoSelf Demi MooreSelf Ringo StarrSelf Jeanine BasingerSelf Rona BarrettSelf Molly HaskellSelf Kathy NajimySelf Elaine MaySelf Steve AllenSelf Tom BrokawSelf Jules FeifferSelf Richard LewisSelf Arthur PennSelf Jack RollinsSelf Robin WilliamsSelf

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