Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story | |
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Genre | Biography Drama |
Written by | Alison Cross |
Directed by | Jeff Bleckner |
Starring | Glenn Close Judy Davis Jan Rubeš Wendy Makkena Susan Barnes |
Theme music composer | David Shire |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producers | Glenn Close Cis Corman Neil Meron Barbra Streisand Craig Zadan |
Producer | Richard Heus |
Production location | Vancouver |
Cinematography | Glen MacPherson |
Editor | Geoffrey Rowland |
Running time | 91 minutes |
Production companies | Barwood Films Storyline Productions Trillium Productions TriStar Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | February 6, 1995 (1995-02-06) |
Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story is a 1995 American television film that aired on NBC on February 6, 1995 and stars Glenn Close and Judy Davis.
Plot
The film recounts the events in the life of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer which led to her retirement from the Washington National Guard under the U.S. military's gay exclusion policy.
Cast
Actor | Role |
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Glenn Close | Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer |
Judy Davis | Diane Divelbess |
Jan Rubeš | Far |
Wendy Makkena | Mary Newcombe |
Susan Barnes | Capt. Kern |
Eric Dane | Matt |
Ryan Reynolds | Andy |
Molly Parker | Lynette |
Jim Byrnes | Vet |
Awards and nominations
Notes
- Tied with Shirley Knight for Indictment: The McMartin Trial.
References
- Cammermeyer's website
- Lisa Tendrich Frank An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the battlefields, p. 120, at Google Books
- "Margarethe Cammermeyer". www.wsna.org. Washington State Nurses Association. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
- "1995 Artios Awards". Casting Society of America. October 11, 1995. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story". Peabody Awards. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- Johnson, Mark; King, Tamra (February 5, 1996). "GLAAD Announces Nominees and Winners of 1996 Media Awards". GLAAD. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- "The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America Awards. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.
External links
Works directed by Jeff Bleckner | |
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Films |
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Miniseries |
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- 1995 television films
- 1995 films
- American LGBTQ-related television films
- Barwood Films films
- Films directed by Jeff Bleckner
- Lesbian-related films
- Lesbian-related television shows
- Biographical films about LGBTQ people
- NBC original films
- Peabody Award–winning broadcasts
- 1990s American films
- 1995 LGBTQ-related films