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First Aired: June 23rd, 1986

Network: PBS

Summary: American Masters is a PBS television series which produces biographies on enduring writers, musicians, visual and performing artists, dramatists, filmmakers, and others who have left an indelible impression on the cultural landscape of the United States.

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Season 1

Episode 1: Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman'

Air Date: June 23rd, 1986

Summary: A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman for television.

Episode 2: Philip Johnson, Self Portrait

Air Date: June 30th, 1986

Summary: One of America's best-known architects is profiled, with emphasis on his early career and his later movement away from minimalism.

Episode 3: Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory

Air Date: July 7th, 1986

Summary: A biography of the well-known social critic and author Katherine Anne Porter.

Episode 4: The Unknown Chaplin (1)

Air Date: July 14th, 1986

Summary: An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

Episode 5: The Unknown Chaplin (2)

Air Date: July 21st, 1986

Summary: An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

Episode 6: The Unknown Chaplin (3)

Air Date: July 28th, 1986

Summary: An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.

Episode 7: Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day

Air Date: August 4th, 1986

Summary: A biography of Billie Holiday, one of America's most unique and emotional jazz singers and the tragic end of her life at an early age.

Episode 8: James Levine: A Life in Music

Air Date: August 11st, 1986

Summary: The musical career of the long-time conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera as reflected by following his normal working day on camera.

Episode 9: Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait

Air Date: August 18th, 1986

Summary: One of America's signature classical composers and the unique elements he incorporated into his pieces.

Episode 10: Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait

Air Date: August 25th, 1986

Summary: The strikingly realistic and unsentimental paintings of the noted artist from Philadelphia.

Episode 11: Georgia O'Keeffe

Air Date: September 1st, 1986

Summary: A profile of the noted American artist originally produced to celebrate her 90th birthday.

Episode 12: Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts

Air Date: September 8th, 1986

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