Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)

01 May 1994 • Drama, War • 1h 53m

The movie, adapted from Allan Gurganus' 1989 book of the same name, chronicles the life of Lucy Marsden, a ninety-nine-year-old North Carolina woman who, at the age of fourteen, married a fifty-year-old Confederate veteran of the Civil War and bore nine children (reduced to six for television). Diane Lane stars as Lucy from her teenage years into middle age, and Anne Bancroft plays Lucy approaching her one hundredth birthday, telling her story in flashback.

Ken Cameron
Director
Allan Gurganus (novel), Joyce Eliason (teleplay)
Writer
Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Amber Brooke
Starring

Language: English
Awards: Won 4 Primetime Emmys. 5 wins & 9 nominations total
Country: United States
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7.1

IMDb (591 votes)