Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)

  • NR
  • 05/01/1994 (US)
  • Drama, War, TV Movie
  • 3h

Overview

Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper.

Joyce Eliason

Writer

Ken Cameron

Director

Allan Gurganus

Novel

Cast

Diane Lane's headshot

Diane Lane

Lucy Honicut Marsden
Donald Sutherland's headshot

Donald Sutherland

William Marsden
Cicely Tyson's headshot

Cicely Tyson

Castralia
Anne Bancroft's headshot

Anne Bancroft

Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
Blythe Danner's headshot

Blythe Danner

Bianca Honicut
E.G. Marshall's headshot

E.G. Marshall

Professor Taw
Gwen Verdon's headshot

Gwen Verdon

Etta Pell
Camille Cooper's headshot

Camille Cooper

Shirey Ann Williams

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