Call Me Anna

Written byJohn McGreeveyDirected byGilbert CatesStarringPatty Duke
Timothy Carhart
Howard Hesseman
Deborah May
Ari Meyers
Millie PerkinsComposerGarry ShermanCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishProductionExecutive producerSheldon PinchukProducersGilbert Cates
Anna Duke-PearceCinematographyMark IrwinEditorLee BurchRunning time97 minutesProduction companiesCall Me Anna Company
Finnegan/Pinchuk Productions
Gilbert Cates Productions
Mianna Pearce ProductionsOriginal releaseNetworkABCReleaseNovember 11, 1990 (1990-11-11)

Call Me Anna is a 1990 American made-for-television biographical drama film directed by Gilbert Cates and written by John McGreevey. It is based on the 1988 book Call Me Anna by Patty Duke and Kenneth Turan. The film stars Patty Duke, Timothy Carhart, Howard Hesseman, Deborah May, Ari Meyers and Millie Perkins. The film premiered on ABC on November 11, 1990.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Cast

• Patty Duke as Anna Marie Duke
  • Ari Meyers as Patty Duke (youth)
  • Jenny Robertson as Patty Duke (young adult)
• Arthur Taxier as John Astin
• Howard Hesseman as John Ross
• Deborah May as Ethel Ross
• Millie Perkins as Frances Duke
• Timothy Carhart as Harry Falk
• Matthew Perry as Desi Arnaz Jr.
• David Packer as Glenn Bell (pseudonym for Michael Tell)
• Karl Malden as Dr. Harold Arlen
• Woody Eney as Fred Coe
• Dana Gladstone as Fred Maxwell
• François Giroday as Bob McLaren
• Lora Staley as Anne Bancroft
• Ray Duke as John Patrick Duke
• Glenn Quinn as George Chakiris
• Cory Danziger as Sean Astin
  • Zachary Benjamin as Sean Astin (young)
• Ryan Francis as Mackie Astin
• Matthew Linville as Mackie Astin (young)
• Paige Gosney as Billy
• Seth Isler as Game Show Producer
• Nicholas Hormann as Game Show Host
• Richard Fancy as Contract Lawyer

References

External links

• Call Me Anna at IMDb