Producers' Showcase The Women (Season 1, Episode 6)
TV Episode | Drama, Musical, Comedy

Producers' Showcase

The Women (Season 1, Episode 6)

TV Episode | Drama, Musical, Comedy

Claire Boothe Luce's famous all-female play, about a woman whose husband leaves her, and how all her friends endlessly gossip about it and their own problems.

Director

Vincent J. Donehue

Writers

Sumner Locke Elliott (adaptation) | Clare Boothe Luce (play)

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 7, 1955

Release date

Feb 7, 1955 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 13 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
26 cast members

Name	Known for
Ruth Hussey Mary Haines Mary Haines See fewer	The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Shelley Winters Crystal Allen Crystal Allen See fewer	The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Paulette Goddard Sylvia Fowler Sylvia Fowler See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
Mary Boland The Countess DeLave The Countess DeLave See fewer	The Women (1939)
Mary Astor Nancy Blake Nancy Blake See fewer	The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Valerie Bettis Miriam Aarons Miriam Aarons See fewer	Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Nancy Olson Peggy Day Peggy Day See fewer	Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Cathleen Nesbitt Mrs. Moorehead Mrs. Moorehead See fewer	An Affair to Remember (1957)
Bibi Osterwald Edith Potter Edith Potter See fewer	As Good as It Gets (1997)
Jada Rowland Little Mary Little Mary See fewer	As the World Turns (1956)
Sybil Baker Actress Actress See fewer	Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Paula Bauersmith Lucy Lucy See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)
Pat Carroll Gym teacher Gym teacher See fewer	The Little Mermaid (1989)
Sandra Church Debutante Debutante See fewer	The DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
Agnes Doyle Saleslady Saleslady See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)
Lennie Dunn Hairdresser Hairdresser See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)
Paula Laurence Actress Actress See fewer	Dark Shadows (1966)
Nan McFarland Miss Watts Miss Watts See fewer	Studio One (1948)
Sarah Meade Helen Helen See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)
Mary Michael Maggie Maggie See fewer	In Like Flint (1967)
Vaughn Monroe Self Self See fewer	Die Hard (1988)
Jeanne Murray Hairdresser Hairdresser See fewer	Mister Roberts (1955)
Helen Raymond Mrs. Wagstaff Mrs. Wagstaff See fewer	My Lady Friends (1921)
Brett Somers Cigarette Girl Cigarette Girl See fewer	Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Nita Talbot Olga Olga See fewer	Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Frances Woodbury Dowager Dowager See fewer	Producers' Showcase (1954)