Night of 100 Stars

The story

The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.

Cast

J Jane AlexanderSelf P Peter AllenSelf S Steve AllenSelf J June AllysonSelf D Don AmecheSelf L Loni AndersonSelf S Susan AntonSelf L Lucie ArnazSelf B Bea ArthurSelf E Ed AsnerSelf C Christopher AtkinsSelf L Lauren BacallSelf

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C Catherine BachSelf P Pearl BaileySelf K Kaye BallardSelf M Martin BalsamSelf P Priscilla BarnesSelf W Warren BeattySelf H Harry BelafonteSelf T Tony BennettSelf M Milton BerleSelf T Theodore BikelSelf T Tom BosleySelf B Barry BostwickSelf D Danielle BriseboisSelf J Jack BuetelSelf G George BurnsSelf E Ellen BurstynSelf J James CaanSelf J James CagneySelf D Diahann CarrollSelf L Lynda CarterSelf N Nell CarterSelf P Patrick CassidySelf R Richard ChamberlainSelf C Carol ChanningSelf C CherSelf D Dick ClarkSelf J James CocoSelf J Joan CollinsSelf P Peter CookSelf B Bud CortSelf H Howard CosellSelf C Cathy Lee CrosbySelf C Christopher CrossSelf A Arlene DahlSelf S Sammy Davis Jr.Self B Bette DavisSelf P Pam DawberSelf R Robert De NiroSelf F Frances DeeSelf D Danny DeVitoSelf C Colleen DewhurstSelf J Joyce DeWittSelf P Plácido DomingoSelf A Alfred DrakeSelf S Sandy DuncanSelf N Nancy DussaultSelf L Linda EvansSelf D Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Self M Morgan FairchildSelf L Lola FalanaSelf P Peter FalkSelf A Alice FayeSelf J José FerrerSelf P Peggy FlemingSelf J Jane FondaSelf J John ForsytheSelf P Phyllis FrelichSelf E Eva GaborSelf A Anthony GearySelf A Andy GibbSelf M Melissa GilbertSelf L Lillian GishSelf R Ruth GordonSelf F Farley GrangerSelf L Linda GraySelf R Rocky GrazianoSelf J Joel GreySelf C Charles GrodinSelf