Great Performances

TV-14
1971    2hDocumentary, Drama,
7.9
"You Can't Take It With You" is hailed one of the greatest revivals and filmed plays for PBS television. David Woods brought stunning charm, humor, and time to this Moss Hart masterpiece. Jason Robards, Jr. gave the collective performance of his career. Colleen Dewhurst perfection, Elizabeth Wilson superior, a joyous ensemble.

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50 Seasons

  • Season 1
    Season 14 Episodes
  • Season 2
    Season 23 Episodes
  • Season 3
    Season 310 Episodes
  • Season 4
    Season 47 Episodes
  • Season 5
    Season 58 Episodes
  • Season 6
    Season 64 Episodes
  • Season 7
    Season 74 Episodes
  • Season 8
    Season 81 Episode
  • Season 9
    Season 93 Episodes
  • Season 10
    Season 106 Episodes
  • Season 11
    Season 111 Episode
  • Season 12
    Season 129 Episodes
  • Season 13
    Season 135 Episodes
  • Season 14
    Season 147 Episodes
  • Season 15
    Season 155 Episodes
  • Season 16
    Season 1611 Episodes
  • Season 17
    Season 176 Episodes
  • Season 18
    Season 189 Episodes
  • Season 19
    Season 196 Episodes
  • Season 20
    Season 207 Episodes
  • Season 21
    Season 219 Episodes
  • Season 23
    Season 2315 Episodes
  • Season 25
    Season 259 Episodes
  • Season 26
    Season 2611 Episodes
  • Season 27
    Season 275 Episodes
  • Season 28
    Season 2810 Episodes
  • Season 29
    Season 2913 Episodes
  • Season 30
    Season 3012 Episodes
  • Season 31
    Season 317 Episodes
  • Season 32
    Season 3214 Episodes
  • Season 33
    Season 339 Episodes
  • Season 34
    Season 3412 Episodes
  • Season 35
    Season 3515 Episodes
  • Season 36
    Season 3612 Episodes
  • Season 37
    Season 3714 Episodes
  • Season 38
    Season 3822 Episodes
  • Season 39
    Season 3924 Episodes
  • Season 40
    Season 4018 Episodes
  • Season 41
    Season 4132 Episodes
  • Season 42
    Season 4223 Episodes
  • Season 43
    Season 4316 Episodes
  • Season 44
    Season 4427 Episodes
  • Season 45
    Season 4528 Episodes
  • Season 46
    Season 4629 Episodes
  • Season 47
    Season 4730 Episodes
  • Season 48
    Season 4831 Episodes
  • Season 49
    Season 4933 Episodes
  • Season 50
    Season 5024 Episodes
  • Season 51
    Season 5122 Episodes
  • Season 52
    Season 5223 Episodes

Cast of Great Performances

  • Bray PoorNarrator (voice)
  • Julie AndrewsSelf - Host
  • Scott YooSelf
  • Plácido DomingoSelf
  • Tony BennettSelf
  • Betty ComdenSelf
  • Renée FlemingSelf
  • Geraldine FitzgeraldAmy Bisley
  • Blythe DannerAlma Winemiller
  • John CullumSelf
  • Frederica von StadeClaire Huddesen
  • Diahann CarrollSelf
  • Rue McClanahanFaye Precious
  • Frederick CoffinOswald
  • Joyce EbertUrsula
  • Frank LangellaKonstantin Treplev
  • Charles KimbroughBenton Arrelsford
  • Stephen SondheimSelf
  • John GielgudSelf
  • Leonard BernsteinSelf
  • Len CariouSelf
  • Marvin HamlischSelf
  • Glenn CloseSelf - Host
  • Meryl StreepLeilah
  • James MaddalenaGuglielmo
  • Richard KileySelf
  • Lauren BacallSelf
  • Rosemary ClooneySelf
  • Cab CallowaySelf
  • Luciano PavarottiSelf
  • Scott YooSelf - Host
  • Carol BurnettSelf
  • Estelle ParsonsAgnes
  • Frances SternhagenPaulina
  • Susan SarandonEileen
  • Kevin McCarthyTrigorin
  • Louis ZorichDorn
  • Richard JenkinsWarder
  • William SwetlandMine manager
  • Hal HolbrookSelf - Host
  • Lee GrantIrina Arkadina
  • Richard BackusRichard Miller
  • Austin PendletonBennie
  • Arthur RubinsteinSelf
  • Swoosie KurtzRita Altabel
  • John McMartinTeddy Wharton
  • Tom AldredgeFool
  • George MartinBoss Mangan
  • John HousemanDr.Fawcett
  • Carol KaneFrancis Loomis
  • Roy PooleReverand Miles
  • Laurence OlivierSelf / Producer
  • MacIntyre DixonFrancisco / Gravedigger / Player
  • Sally KellermanMaureen
  • Josef SommerPolonius
  • Tatiana TroyanosAdalgisa
  • Roberta MaxwellClara
  • André De ShieldsSelf
  • Tom BosleySelf - Host
  • Barry BostwickSelf
  • Andre GregoryMad Hatter
  • Donald O'ConnorMock Turtle
  • Mary MartinSelf
  • Rosemary HarrisAdela Shannon
  • Dana IveyLady Ariadne Utterword
  • Catherine MalfitanoServilia
  • Patti AustinSelf
  • Sammy CahnSelf
  • Peter DonatCyrano de Bergerac
  • Biff McGuireFoley
  • Fritz WeaverCreon
  • Frank OzSelf
  • Sanford SylvanDon Alfonso
  • Linda RonstadtSelf
  • Roberta FlackSelf
  • Melissa ManchesterSelf
  • Marsha MasonRoxane
  • Gregory HinesSelf
  • Bill CosbySelf
  • Dizzy GillespieSelf
  • Paul GemignaniSelf
  • Kiri Te KanawaAlcina
  • Riccardo MutiSelf
  • Georg SoltiSelf
  • Herbie HancockSelf
  • Ralph RichardsonSelf
  • Jerry HermanSelf
  • Patti LaBelleSelf
  • Katherine CiesinskiCecilia March
  • Thomas HampsonSelf
  • Michael FeinsteinSelf - Host
  • Richie HavensSelf
  • André PrevinSelf
  • Harry BelafonteSelf
  • Ruby DeeSelf
  • Quincy JonesSelf
  • Kathleen BattleSelf
  • Wynton MarsalisSelf
  • Bryn TerfelCreon
  • Edward AlbeeSelf
  • Daniel BarenboimSelf
  • Andrea BocelliSelf
  • Whoopi GoldbergSelf
  • Robert GouletSelf
  • Rebecca LukerSelf
  • Arthur MillerSelf
  • Natalie ColeSelf
  • Clint EastwoodSelf
  • Hal LindenSelf
  • Robin WilliamsSelf
  • Lise DavidsenFlora Tosca
  • Quinn KelseyAmonasro
  • Donald BukaMister Eagle
  • Catherine BurnsPatricia
  • J.D. CannonTom
  • George GrizzardLarry
  • Earl HindmanWilliam
  • Barnard HughesJim
  • Harvey KeitelJerry
  • Tony Lo BiancoFrank
  • Tom RosquiUnemployed Man
  • Jerry StillerMechanic
  • Kristoffer TaboriBert
  • Dick Van PattenRaymond
  • Gundula JanowitzSelf
  • Hertha TöpperSelf
  • Horst LaubenthalSelf
  • Hermann PreySelf
  • Karl RichterSelf
  • George Bartenieff
  • Cliff GormanKewpie
  • Rose Gregorio
  • Sam GroomBen
  • Fred GwynnePike
  • David HurstSchnable
  • Dorrie KavanaughPearl
  • Mike KellinSam
  • Ric Mancini
  • Bernadette PetersLibby
  • Philip BoscoFather Coyne
  • Kevin ConwayPeter Boyle
  • Faye DunawayKathleen Stanton
  • Robert FoxworthMatt Stanton
  • Patrick McVeyHaggerty
  • George RoseQuinn
  • Margaret TrudeauBessie Legg
  • Roberts BlossomJudge / Preacher
  • K CallanEvelyn Jackson
  • Cliff CarpenterPeck Johnson
  • Sarah CunninghamNelly Winrod
  • Kathleen DoyleLena Truit
  • Will HareSkelly Mannor
  • Kate HarringtonMartha Truit
  • Clifford A. PellowTrucker
  • Joanna RoosMary Winrod
  • James StaleyRobert Conklin (Driver Jr.)
  • Helen StenborgMavis Johnson
  • George PentecostPologgy
  • Will LeeKon
  • Ellis RabbYakov
  • Jane RoseAgrafena
  • Stefan GieraschMikhail
  • Daniel J. SullivanSintsov
  • Carrie NyeTatiana
  • Robert PhalenGrekov
  • Kate ReidKleopatra
  • Sydney WalkerLevshin
  • Jack CassidyPaul Sears
  • Beatrice ColenGoldie
  • Barbara DanaEdna
  • Marshall EfronWindow cleaner
  • Tom FitzsimmonsFred Stevens
  • Lee MeredithMiss Rixey
  • Geneviève BujoldAntigone
  • Stacy Keach
  • James NaughtonHaemon
  • Peter BrandonMessenger
  • Betty MillerEurydice
  • Aline MacMahonNurse
  • Douglass WatsonKent
  • Paul SorvinoGloucester
  • Raúl JuliáEdmund
  • James Earl JonesKing Lear
  • Rosalind CashGoneril
  • Lee ChamberlinCordelia
  • Ellen HollyRegan
  • Jean-Pierre StewartFrance
  • René AuberjonoisEdgar
  • George DzundzaGentleman
  • Daniel DavisMoulineaux
  • Ken JenkinsAubin
  • Charlotte RaeMadame Aigreville
  • Patrick TovattBassinet
  • Max WrightEtienne
  • Richard KneelandOscar Wilde
  • Daniel von BargenWooldridge
  • Veronica CastangLaura
  • Frank ConverseBlackmore
  • Rex RobbinsHolroyd
  • Rosemary De AngelisLouise Amber
  • Kirk BrowningDirector
  • Bartlett SherDirector
  • Holger PreußeDirector
  • Gary HalvorsonDirector
  • Michael MayerDirector
  • Kathy DoughertyDirector
  • Kirk BrowningDirector
  • Todd DeckerDirector
  • Michael AttenboroughDirector
  • Sam WrenchDirector
  • Michael LonghurstDirector
  • Susan FroemkeDirector / Producer
  • David HornDirector
  • Conor McPhersonDirector
  • Nicholas HytnerDirector
  • Max LewkowiczDirector
  • Michael Lindsay-HoggDirector
  • John J. DesmondDirector
  • Burt SheveloveDirector
  • Ross MacGibbonDirector
  • Arvin BrownDirector
  • Jennifer LinDirector
  • Anne-Kathrin PeitzDirector
  • Simon GodwinDirector
  • Leigh SilvermanDirector
  • Sharon MullallyDirector
  • Philipp QuiringDirector
  • William BallDirector
  • Marion J. CaffeyWriter
  • Daniel EzralowWriter
  • Josh GrobanWriter
  • Anu KrishnanProducer
  • John WalkerProducer
  • Mitch OwgangProducer
  • Lindsay LawProducer
  • David GriffithsProducer
  • Margaret SmilowProducer
  • Heidelinde RudyProducer
  • Karin VeitlProducer
  • Ken CampbellProducer
  • Ellen KrassProducer
  • Kimberly MyersProducer
  • Allen NewmanProducer
  • David McCarthyProducer
  • Paul SmacznyProducer
  • James PlutaProducer
  • Michael BronsonProducer
  • James ArntzProducer
  • Molly McBrideProducer
  • SugarmusicProducer
  • Stephen WeintraubProducer
  • Matthew N. HermanProducer
  • David HeeleyProducer
  • Joan KramerProducer
  • Laura MitgangProducer
  • Margaret SelbyProducer
  • Pat JaffeProducer
  • Niv FichmanProducer
  • Judy FlanneryProducer
  • Austin ShawProducer
  • Dorothea DiekmannProducer
  • Morton SwinskyProducer
  • Daniel RossProducer
  • Bernhard FleischerProducer
  • Glenn JordanProducer
  • Judy KinbergProducer
  • John GobermanProducer
  • Yvonne SmithProducer
  • JoAnn YoungProducer
  • Joan HersheyProducer
  • Richard PriceProducer
  • Larry WeinsteinProducer
  • Andy PichetaProducer
  • David M. ThompsonProducer
  • Dieter MelzerProducer
  • François DuplatProducer
  • Eric ClaptonProducer
  • Michael HeinzlProducer
  • Colin FitzpatrickProducer
  • Bo GoldmanProducer
  • Horant H. HohlfeldProducer
  • John PotthastProducer
  • Rhoda GrauerProducer
  • Gail LevinProducer
  • Stephany MarksProducer
  • Daniel IronProducer
  • Tom WertsProducer
  • Oren JacobyProducer
  • Jason KleinmanProducer
  • Tony AdamsProducer
  • Angela FairhurstProducer
  • Mark CooperProducer
  • Christopher A. CohenProducer
  • Martin J. FischerProducer
  • Tiffany HanssenProducer
  • Sam HudsonProducer
  • Jason KaillorProducer
  • Kathryn SlusherProducer
  • Mike DoubleProducer
  • Rob BagshawProducer
  • Jacqueline BabbinProducer
  • Humphrey BurtonProducer
  • Thomas SkinnerProducer
  • Derek GrangerProducer
  • Robert SherrinProducer
  • Mark ShivasProducer
  • Morris BarryProducer
  • Richmond CrinkleyProducer
  • Dino Di DionisioProducer
  • Vincenzo FrancoProducer
  • Sherwin M. GoldmanProducer
  • Peter H. HuntProducer
  • Norman CampbellProducer
  • Sidney PalmerProducer
  • Bob BachProducer
  • Bob BeeProducer
  • Bill W. Chastain Jr.Producer
  • Sherman SneedProducer
  • Terence DonovanProducer
  • Howard GrossmanProducer
  • Patrick WhitleyProducer
  • John H. WilliamsProducer
  • Gian Carlo MenottiProducer
  • Christopher NeameProducer
  • Mark ObenhausProducer
  • Thomas Z. ShepardProducer
  • Virginia LumsdenProducer
  • Arthur WhitelawProducer
  • John MillerProducer
  • Pom OliverProducer
  • Errol SullivanProducer
  • Catherine TatgeProducer
  • Stanley DorfmanProducer
  • David J. GoldbergProducer
  • Yanna Kroyt BrandtProducer
  • Patrick SobelmanProducer
  • Stuart L. WeissProducer
  • Chips ChipperfieldProducer
  • Richard D. SotoProducer
  • Eve ChiltonProducer
  • Geoffrey BaerProducer
  • Simon CurtisProducer
  • Maurice JarreProducer
  • L.A. JohnsonProducer
  • Frances PetersProducer
  • Greg SmithProducer
  • Christopher SwannProducer
  • Allan AlbertProducer
  • Danny CarettiProducer
  • Julie BainesProducer
  • Nick De GrunwaldProducer
  • Paul KafnoProducer
  • Sheena MacdonaldProducer
  • Cameron MackintoshProducer
  • Barbara Willis SweeteProducer
  • Robert AltmanProducer
  • Brent CarpenterProducer
  • Frances DickensonProducer
  • Laurie DonnellyProducer
  • Caz GorhamProducer
  • Anne ElletsonProducer
  • Debra HauerProducer
  • Sarah TealeProducer
  • David WolffProducer
  • Orlando BagwellProducer
  • Dante J. PuglieseProducer
  • Mike BluettProducer
  • Michael LorentzProducer
  • Konstantin ThoerenProducer
  • Mechhild AlbusProducer
  • Anne FeinsilberProducer
  • Willette KlausnerProducer
  • Dione OrromProducer
  • Chris HuntProducer
  • Jürgen Meier BeerProducer
  • Emyr AfanProducer
  • Luca BergamoProducer
  • Jim BrownProducer
  • Susan Duncan SmithProducer
  • Tony FollowellProducer
  • Isabel IturriagagoitiaProducer
  • Andrew J. KuehnProducer
  • Stephen NetburnProducer
  • Melinda RudyProducer
  • Akira SugiuraProducer
  • Helena TorresProducer
  • Günter AttelnProducer
  • James B. FreydbergProducer
  • Irene Gavala-ChardaliaProducer
  • Robert HagenProducer
  • Jim KellerProducer
  • David KennardProducer
  • François LamoureuxProducer
  • Pierre LamoureuxProducer
  • Richard LewineProducer
  • Mark MannucciProducer
  • Joachim OestreichProducer
  • Annie RoseberryProducer
  • Tane RossProducer
  • Joan SaffaProducer
  • D. Gethin ScourfieldProducer
  • Christopher WalkerProducer
  • Josette AfferganProducer
  • Tim DelaneyProducer
  • Chris DemuelemeesterProducer
  • Mary Ann DonahueProducer
  • Jay GoodProducer
  • Paul GrahamProducer
  • Jutta KittnerProducer
  • Olivier MilleProducer
  • Michael PerlmutterProducer
  • Martin SchneiderProducer
  • Scott SeviourProducer
  • Bjorn AertsProducer
  • Gary BormanProducer
  • James ChadsProducer
  • Kristi HarmanProducer
  • Barbara Rose GranattProducer
  • Allison HoweProducer
  • Ann KrishnanProducer
  • Tim SwiftProducer
  • Dana TomarkenProducer
  • Julie AlfordProducer
  • Sharon AliProducer
  • Chris ArnottProducer
  • Chris ArnottProducer
  • Andrea CotromanoProducer
  • Mark CrosbyProducer
  • Tam FairgrieveProducer
  • Jonathan FentyProducer
  • Jim GableProducer
  • Robert GordonProducer
  • Mitchell HeskelProducer
  • Sue HutchinsonProducer
  • Sue HutchinsonProducer
  • Morgan NevilleProducer
  • David RosenProducer
  • Rupert SmithProducer
  • Andrew FriedProducer
  • Charles HobsonProducer
  • Dante JamesProducer
  • Steve KleinProducer
  • Hélène Le CœurProducer
  • Spike LeeProducer
  • Elizabeth Ireland McCannProducer
  • Stanislav ErshovProducer
  • Constantine OrbelianProducer
  • Lonny PriceProducer
  • Stanislav YershovProducer
  • Marc BaumanProducer
  • Gina CarterProducer
  • Christopher KoelschProducer
  • Tommy LiPumaProducer
  • Jill BilcockProducer
  • Richard MooreProducer
  • Sara EnrightProducer
  • Oualid MouanessProducer
  • Marcus A. ClarkeProducer
  • Harrison CorwinProducer
  • Kate PakenhamProducer
  • Louisa BriccettiProducer
  • Akisa OmulepuProducer
  • Lourival RodriguezProducer
  • Victoria WarivonchikProducer
  • Maricel ZambranoProducer
  • Helmut BauerProducer
  • Richard DentonProducer
  • Leslie Odom Jr.Producer
  • Aaron GlickProducer
  • David StoneProducer

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