Sweet Bird of Youth
A Passionate Romance
1989 | 95m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Nicolas Roeg |
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| Writer: | Tennessee Williams |
| Staring: |
| Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 01, 1989 |
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| Director: | Nicolas Roeg |
| Writer: | Tennessee Williams |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
| Keywords | based on play or musical, alcoholic, older woman younger man relationship, prodigal son, fading star |
| Production Companies | NBC, Multicom entertainment, Atlantic/Kushner-Locke, Triboro Entertainment |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Elizabeth Taylor | Alexandra Del Lago |
| Mark Harmon | Chance Wayne |
| Valerie Perrine | Miss Lucy |
| Seymour Cassel | Hatcher |
| Rip Torn | Boss Finley |
| Kevin Geer | Tom Junior |
| Ronnie Claire Edwards | Aunt Nonnie |
| Cheryl Paris | Heavenly Finley |
| Megan Blake | Violet |
| Martha Milliken | Virginia |
| Charles Lucia | Dr. George Scudder |
| Teddy Wilson | Fly |
| John Fleck | Mission Man |
| Tom Nolan | |
| Billy Ray Sharkey | Scotty |
| Michael Wilding, Jr. | Morton Frasier |
| Hal England | Minister |
| Ruta Lee | Sally Powers |
| Nurit Koppel | Edna |
| Michael Shaner | Driver |
| Angela Teek | Singer |
| Tery Lockett | Hotel Waiter |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gavin Lambert | Teleplay |
| Pamela Malouf | Editor |
| Amanda DiGiulio | Line Producer |
| Rachelle Farberman | Casting |
| Veronica Hadfield | Production Design |
| Roger L. King | Art Direction |
| Marthe Pineau | Set Decoration |
| Del Adey-Jones | Costume Design |
| Bonita DeHaven | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Medusah | Hair Department Head |
| Valli O'Reilly | Makeup Artist |
| Cheri Ruff | Hairstylist |
| Elizabeth Thorburn | Makeup Artist |
| Janna Denny | Makeup Artist |
| Nicolas Roeg | Director |
| Tennessee Williams | Writer |
| Francis Kenny | Director of Photography |
| Ralph Burns | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Peter Locke | Executive Producer |
| Fred Whitehead | Producer |
| Donald Kushner | Executive Producer |
| Laurence Mark | Executive Producer |
| Linda Yellen | Executive Producer |
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