Second Serve

The story

Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.

Cast

V Vanessa RedgraveRenee Richards M Martin BalsamDr. Beck W William RussJosh A Alice KrigeGwen L Louise FletcherDr. Sadie M. Bishop K Kerrie KeaneMeriam R Richard VentureDr. David Bradley R Reni SantoniDr. Roberto Granato J Jeff CoreyDr. Harry Benjamin A Alan FeinsteinBill N Nina van PallandtDanielle M Michael CavanaughGene Scott

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K Kenneth TigarRoss A Alison La PlacaNightclub Singer R Ray GirardinGrigsby J James VictorSpaniard G Gerry GibsonDr. Tirico M Michael HarringtonLowell M Mews SmallNavy Wife W Whit HertfordRenee K Keri HoulihanMike B Bunny SummersMrs. Crockett C Camila AshlandMrs. Brady R Richard NewtonNaval Officer S Santos MoralesSpanish Police Chief J James IngersollDale E Eunice ChristopherGloria L Logan CarterFemale Impersonator