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Great Performances

Premiered: Jan 28, 1971 | 50 seasons | 645 episodes

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The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.
Full Credits
Name Character Episodes
Bray Poor Narrator (voice) 645
Tony Bennett Self 5
Julie Andrews Self - Host 4
Diahann Carroll Self 4
Julie Andrews Self 3
Carol Burnett Self 3
Len Cariou Self 3
Luciano Pavarotti Self 3
Rosemary Clooney Self 3
Marvin Hamlisch Self 3
Leonard Bernstein Self 3
Renée Fleming Self 3
Robin Williams Self 2
Clint Eastwood Self 2
Whoopi Goldberg Self 2
Glenn Close Self - Host 2
Richard Kiley Self 2
Hal Holbrook Self - Host 2
Tom Bosley Self - Host 2
Quincy Jones Self 2
Lauren Bacall Self 2
John Cullum Self 2
Ruby Dee Self 2
John Gielgud Self 2
Harry Belafonte Self 2
Barry Bostwick Self 2
Arthur Miller Self 2
Bill Cosby Self 2
Plácido Domingo Self 2
Natalie Cole Self 2
Robert Goulet Self 2
Gregory Hines Self 2
Herbie Hancock Self 2
Patti LaBelle Self 2
Mary Martin Self 2
Daniel Barenboim Self 2
Roberta Flack Self 2
Rebecca Luker Self 2
Arthur Rubinstein Self 2
Riccardo Muti Self 2
Sammy Cahn Self 2
Dizzy Gillespie Self 2
Melissa Manchester Self 2
Wynton Marsalis Self 2
Richie Havens Self 2
André Previn Self 2
Georg Solti Self 2
Andrea Bocelli Self 2
Paul Gemignani Self 2
Gary Sinise Self 1
Richard Chamberlain Anton Chekhov 1
Debbie Reynolds Self 1
Paul Sorvino Gloucester 1
Samuel L. Jackson Self 1
Morgan Freeman Messenger 1
Kevin Costner Self 1
Denzel Washington Self 1
Maggie Smith Violet Venable 1
John Hurt Narrator 1
Drew Barrymore Self 1
Jeremy Irons Self 1
John Travolta Self 1
Toby Jones Vanya 1
Anna Kendrick Self 1
Keith Carradine Self 1
Antonio Banderas Self 1
Ed Harris Self 1
Helen Mirren Stella 1
Ethan Hawke Self 1
Diane Lane Charity Royall 1
Kathy Bates Self 1
Cynthia Erivo Self - Performer 1
Josh O'Connor Romeo 1
Meryl Streep 1
Meryl Streep Leilah 1
Meryl Streep Self - Host 1
Michelle Pfeiffer Natica Jackson 1
James Coburn Self 1
Martin Scorsese Self 1
Laurence Olivier Harry 1
Laurence Olivier Self 1
Glenn Close Neighbor 1
Jeff Bridges Michael Loomis 1
James Earl Jones King Lear 1
Sam Shepard Self 1
Beverly D'Angelo Self 1
Timothy Dalton Self 1
Brian Cox Self - Narration (voice) 1
Mel B Self - Scary Spice 1
Malcolm McDowell Bill 1
Hector Elizondo Morris King 1
Christine Baranski Self 1
Matthew Broderick Self 1
Jessie Buckley Juliet 1
Rob Lowe Doctor Cukrowicz 1
John Lithgow Capt. Thorne 1
Joan Cusack Anne 1
Jacqueline Bisset Self 1
William Hurt Walter 1
Audrey Hepburn Self - Host 1
Susan Sarandon Patsy Johnson 1
Susan Sarandon Eileen 1
Joan Plowright Self 1
Dianne Wiest Elizabeth Gertrude Stern 1
Angela Lansbury Self 1
Brian Dennehy Grimmet 1
Dick Van Dyke Self 1
Kristin Chenoweth Self 1
Frances Conroy Mrs. Gibbs 1
Edward Herrmann Self 1
Brad Garrett Self 1
Stacy Keach 1
Richard Armitage Astov 1
Michael Nouri Self 1
Eli Wallach Self 1
Ernest Borgnine Self 1
Harvey Keitel Jerry 1
Sally Field Self 1
George Dzundza Gentleman 1
Christian Camargo 1
Roddy McDowall Self 1
Richard Dreyfuss Self 1
Frances McDormand Self 1
Walter Matthau Self 1
Paul McCartney Self 1
Linda Hunt Nora 1
Spike Lee Self 1
James Garner Self 1
Hugh Bonneville Self 1
Carol Kane Francis Loomis 1
Carol Kane Eliza Southgate 1
Mel Brooks Self 1
Kathleen Turner Self 1
Amy Irving Ellie Dunn 1
Mandy Patinkin Buddy Plummer 1
Jack Lemmon Self 1
Mickey Rooney Self 1
Martin Balsam Jack 1
Claudine Auger Ginette Beauchurch 1
Earl Hindman William 1
Anna Calder-Marshall Nana 1
Frank Oz Self 1
Frank Oz Miss Piggy (voice) 1
Michael Gambon Self 1
Emma Walton Hamilton Self 1
Zizi Jeanmaire Self 1
Liz Callaway Young Sally 1
Dilys Laye Self 1
Tom Rosqui Unemployed Man 1
George Rose Quinn 1
Carly Simon Self 1
Linda Ronstadt Self 1
Linda Ronstadt San Miguel 1
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Self 1
Betty Buckley Self 1
Andrea Corr Self 1
George Voskovec Willie 1
Richard Kiley Introduction Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 1
Lee Chamberlin Cordelia 1
Gigi Proietti Ferguson 1
Ron Howard Self 1
Rosie Perez Self 1
Francis Ford Coppola Self 1
Treat Williams Self 1
Zeljko Ivanek March Hare 1
Marcia Gay Harden Self 1
Sissy Spacek Verna Vane 1
Lori Loughlin Kay Cork 1
Gene Kelly Self 1
Kevin McCarthy Hart 1
Kevin McCarthy Trigorin 1
Lee Grant Irina Arkadina 1
Lee Grant 1
Howard Keel Self 1
Jeffrey Jones Sgt. Wilson 1
Eve Arden Queen of Hearts 1
Anne Bancroft Mrs. Fanning 1
Natasha Richardson Catharine Holly 1
Victor Garber Arthur 1
Walter Cronkite Self - Host 1
John Fiedler Taylor 1
Eddie Albert Self 1
Kate Burton Alice 1
Rex Harrison Captain Shotover 1
Joan Crawford Self 1
Sally Kellerman Maureen 1
Sally Kellerman Self 1
Loretta Devine Janine 1
Madeline Kahn Self 1
Betty Garrett Mary Hallen 1
John Ritter Richard 1
Geneviève Bujold Antigone 1
James Corden 1
Adrian Pasdar George 1
Kevin Kline Hamlet 1
Charles Durning McMahon 1
Diane Venora Ophelia 1
Angie Dickinson Self 1
Daniel Davis Moulineaux 1
James Stewart Self 1
Aimee Lou Wood Sonya 1
Marilu Henner Louise 1
Rosalind Eleazar Yelena 1
René Auberjonois Edgar 1
Anne Francis Winnie 1
Min Tanaka Oedipus Dancer 1
Shirley Jones Self 1
Camryn Manheim Self 1
Sydney Pollack Self 1
Kenneth Welsh Charles Surface 1
Eddie Bracken Cap'n Andy Hawks 1
Blythe Danner Nina 1
Blythe Danner Alma Winemiller 1
Blythe Danner Self 1
Blythe Danner Narrator 1
Brooke Adams Julia Newell 1
Jean Stapleton Helen 1
Hal Linden Self 1
Rosalie Crutchley Teresa 1
John McEnery 1
Penelope Ann Miller Emily Webb 1
Joan Hackett Self 1
Lauren Bacall Narrator 1
Samantha Sloyan Self 1
Mary Kay Place Self 1
Richard Attenborough Self 1
Holland Taylor Ernestine King 1
Geoffrey Bayldon 1
Glynis Johns Self 1
Peter Friedman 1
Lee Remick Phyllis Rogers Stone 1
John Cullum Walter 1
John Cullum Lawyer Royall 1
Alexis Smith Self 1
Lyn May Self - Host 1
Cathleen Nesbitt 1
Jerry Stiller Mechanic 1
Deborah Findlay Nurse 1
Tim O'Connor Rev. Winemiller 1
Bernadette Peters Libby 1
Fred Gwynne Pike 1
Stephen Collins Morton Fullerton 1
David Ackroyd Reginald Broderick 1
Tim Conway Self 1
Bob Hope Self 1
Ronald Reagan Self 1
Roberts Blossom Judge / Preacher 1
Jack Klugman Self 1
Ray Walston Self 1
Alan Bates James 1
Leo McKern Sancho Zancas 1
David Ogden Stiers Doc 1
Austin Pendleton Bennie 1
Austin Pendleton White Rabbit 1
Tyne Daly Brunhilde 'Hildy' Esterhazy 1
Richard Burton White Knight 1
Christine Ebersole Self 1
Robert Wise Self 1
Rosemary Harris Hesione Hushabye 1
Rosemary Harris Adela Shannon 1
Daniel von Bargen Wooldridge 1
Dick Van Patten Raymond 1
Charles Grodin Jake 1
Kevin Conway Peter Boyle 1
Robert Lansing Horace Bixby 1
Mary Beth Hurt Caroline Mitford 1
Bill Maher Self 1
Blair Brown Lady Taezle 1
Olympia Dukakis Pauline 1
June Foray Self 1
Stephen Sondheim Maxie Schwartz 1
Stephen Sondheim Self 1
Charles Hallahan Montfleury / Cadet 1
John Randolph James Mayo 1
Dana Ivey Lady Ariadne Utterword 1
Dana Ivey Gertrude 1
Blake Edwards Self 1
Fritz Weaver Caterpillar 1
Fritz Weaver Creon 1
Anna Netrebko Flowermaiden 1
Jon Bon Jovi Self 1
Lea Salonga 1
James Keane Mr. Ealer 1
Jacqueline Brookes Verena 1
Kristoffer Tabori Bert 1
Robert Foxworth Matt Stanton 1
Earl Boen Le Bret 1
Barry Morse Captain Duncan 1
Carol Channing Self 1
Katharine Hepburn Self 1
William Russell 1
Bebe Drake Gloria Townes 1
Brian Kerwin Hal Graham 1
Marcy Walker Emmeline 1
Randy Danson Princess Natalia 1
Ken Jenkins Aubin 1
Nanette Fabray Self 1
Moses Gunn Milton Edwards 1
Debbie Allen Self 1
Larry Gates Sir Oliver Surface 1
Robert Guillaume Self 1
Céline Dion Self 1
Elaine Paige Self 1
Betsy Blair Self 1
Alexander Scourby 1
Matthew Scurfield Duke of Exeter 1
Paul Simon Self 1
Craig Wasson Mark Twain 1
Andréa Ferréol Mary 1
Colleen Dewhurst Red Queen 1
James Naughton Haemon 1
John McMartin Leone Gala 1
John McMartin Teddy Wharton 1
Peggy Ashcroft Self 1
Carrie Nye Tatiana 1
Joan Van Ark Silvia Gala 1
Joe Grifasi Cpl. Matson 1
George Hearn Benjamin Stone 1
Neva Patterson Mrs. Buchanan 1
Tony Lo Bianco Frank 1
Alice Drummond Mrs. Varney 1
Andrea Occhipinti Charlie 1
Victoria Beckham Self - Posh Spice 1
Robert Morse Self 1
Biff McGuire Foley 1
Biff McGuire Murphy 1
Ann McDonough Samantha Stewart 1
Moira Redmond Mrs. Holly 1
Alma Cuervo Holly Kaplan 1
Pippa Pearthree Ally Hawes 1
Richard Backus Robert Mayo 1
Richard Backus Richard Miller 1
Cindy Leadbetter Kate 1
Jane Seymour Self 1
Richard Jenkins Warder 1
Richard Jenkins Sheriff 1
Tom Hulce young Frank 1
Mark Rylance King Henry V 1
Faye Dunaway Kathleen Stanton 1
Nathan Lane Mouse 1
Alec Guinness Father Quixote 1
Carl Lumbly Theseus 1
J.D. Cannon Tom 1
Ed Asner 1
Kris Kristofferson Self 1
David Clennon Medvedenko 1
Swoosie Kurtz Muriel McComber 1
Swoosie Kurtz Rita Altabel 1
Anna Thomson Carter 1
Albert Salmi Horse Hallen 1
Josef Sommer Nikolai 1
Josef Sommer Polonius 1
Red Buttons Self 1
Bob Dylan Self 1
Frank Langella Konstantin Treplev 1
Frank Langella John Buchanan 1
Frank Langella The Prince of Homburg 1
Ryan O'Neal Self 1
Josh Groban Self 1
Jim Henson Kermit the Frog (voice) 1
Raúl Juliá Edmund 1
Ian Richardson Bishop of Motopo 1
Nell Carter Self 1
James Staley Robert Conklin (Driver Jr.) 1
Hinton Battle Self 1
Philip Bosco Father Coyne 1
Ralph Richardson Self 1
Ralph Richardson 1
Sandy Duncan Self 1
Pete Townshend Self 1
Clive Merrison Shop Assistant 1
Maya Angelou Self 1
Michael Ontkean Lucius Harney 1
James Rebhorn Dr. Gibbs 1
John Pankow George Richie 1
Frank Converse Blackmore 1
Jill Eikenberry Kate Quin 1
Liza Minnelli Self 1
Mikhail Baryshnikov Self 1
Bebe Neuwirth Self 1
Anne Meara 1
Marsha Mason Roxane 1
Marsha Mason 1
Chita Rivera Self 1
Charlotte Rae Madame Aigreville 1
Celeste Holm Self 1
Barnard Hughes Jim 1
Lou Myers Reverend Mosely 1
Joseph Maher Frank 1
John Houseman Dr.Fawcett 1
John Houseman Self 1
Audra McDonald Self 1
Rue McClanahan Josey Finn 1
Rue McClanahan Cora 1
Rue McClanahan Faye Precious 1
Heather Headley Self 1
David Harris Jonas 1
Donald O'Connor Mock Turtle 1
Donald O'Connor Self 1
Lesley Fera Self 1
Alice Ghostley Mrs.Taylor 1
George Murdock Bud Loring 1
Plácido Domingo Juanillo 1
Plácido Domingo Parsifal 1
Plácido Domingo Francisco Goya 1
Plácido Domingo Radamès 1
Stanley Donen Self 1
Lonette McKee Self 1
Suzzanne Douglas Lady in Plaid / The Girl 1
John Barry Self 1
Kate Reid Kleopatra 1
Kathleen Doyle Lena Truit 1
Melvyn Bragg Self 1
Crystal Allen 1
Maurice Denham Senor Diego 1
Donald Moffat Charles Bisley 1
Bob Dishy 1
Stephen Mendillo Bartender 1
Peter Francis James Horatio 1
Cliff Gorman Kewpie 1
Judy Collins Self 1
William Squire Self 1
George Bartenieff 1
Bernard Behrens Sir Peter Teazle 1
Pierre Santini Claude Morin 1
Sam Groom Ben 1
Sally Ann Howes Self 1
Herbert Siguenza Don Colon 1
Carlo Giuffrè 1
Brian Murray Claudius 1
Tom Aldredge Fool 1
Tom Aldredge Mazzini 1
William Prince The Best Friend 1
Barry Manilow Self 1
David Hurst Schnable 1
John Nettleton 1
Ali Stroker Annie 1
Michael Cumpsty Laertes 1
Cyd Charisse Self 1
George Grizzard Larry 1
Jess Hahn Blucher 1
Philip Stone Father Leopoldo 1
Spalding Gray Stage Manager 1
Remak Ramsay Hector Hushabye 1
Peter Donat Zakhar 1
Peter Donat Cyrano de Bergerac 1
Herbert Ross Self 1
Melanie C Self - Sporty Spice 1
Patrick McVey Haggerty 1
Aline MacMahon Nurse 1
Louis Zorich Jonas 1
Louis Zorich Dorn 1
Lorna Luft Self 1
Max Wright Etienne 1
Stefan Gierasch Mikhail 1
Emma Bunton Self - Baby Spice 1
Katherine Borowitz Marie 1
Estelle Parsons Agnes 1
Estelle Parsons Lucille 1
Ginger Rogers Self 1
William Wyler Self 1
Gabriela Beňačková Margherita and Elena 1
Graham Crowden The Bishop 1
Lynn Redgrave Self 1
Joe Dante Self 1
Peter Maloney Mr. Webb 1
Zubin Mehta Self 1
Marian Mercer Masha 1
Donny Osmond Self 1
David Dukes Guido Venanzi 1
Roberta Maxwell Clara 1
Roberta Maxwell Mrs. Webb 1
Lea DeLaria Self 1
Frederick Coffin Oswald 1
Frederick Coffin Second Guard 1
Frederick Coffin Lt. Maxwell 1
Maureen Stapleton White Queen 1
George Abbott Self 1
Shecky Greene Self 1
Dinah Shore Self 1
Kaye Ballard Duchess 1
Ethel Merman Self 1
Alice Faye Self 1
Joel Fabiani Barelli 1
Tonya Pinkins Self 1
Rosalind Cash Goneril 1
Ann Lynn The daughter 1
Ivar Brogger Snake 1
Leslie Odom Jr. Self - Performer 1
Melba Moore Self 1
Christopher Jones Young DuBose Heyward 1
Peter Brandon Messenger 1
Marshall Efron Window cleaner 1
Georgia Brown Self 1
James Broderick Captain Scott 1
Maria Tucci Ruth Atkins 1
Charles Kimbrough Dr.Spiga 1
Charles Kimbrough Benton Arrelsford 1
Charles Kimbrough Editor 1
Jarlath Conroy Gaunt Man 1
John Stacy Dr.Andrews 1
Kira Sternbach Self 1
Don Fellows Professor Pilbeam 1
Tony Walton Self 1
Jean De Baer Betty Todd 1
Tammy Grimes Self 1
Robert Earl Jones Creon 1
Geoffrey Holder Cheshire Cat 1
Douglass Watson Kent 1
Howard Da Silva Eddie 1
Jane Rose Agrafena 1
Barbara Cook Sally Durant Plummer 1
Beatrice Colen Goldie 1
Will Hare Skelly Mannor 1
Michael Kidd Self 1
David Horn 1
Maureen McGovern Self 1
Martha Burns Cathleen 1
Itzhak Perlman Self 1
David Raksin Self 1
Andre Gregory Mad Hatter 1
Andre Gregory Dimitri 1
Bellina Logan 1
Helen Stenborg Mavis Johnson 1
Tina Arena Self 1
Sarah Cunningham Nelly Winrod 1
Kathleen Widdoes Edith Wharton 1
Bobby McFerrin Self - Host 1
Sarah Brightman Self 1
Donald Buka Mister Eagle 1
Rachel York Lilli Vanessi / Katherine 1
Roberto Alagna Romeo 1
Tom Fitzsimmons Fred Stevens 1
Don Shanks Don Magnifico 1
Kim Delgado slave 1
Howard McGillin young Ben 1
Renée Fleming Mme. de Tourvel 1
Renée Fleming Blanche Dubois 1
Ric Mancini 1
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney Topsy Washington 1
Maurice Sendak Self 1
Peter Bayliss Self 1
Gillian Raine Miss Foxhill 1
Barbara Dana Edna 1
Lee Meredith Miss Rixey 1
Rex Robbins Holroyd 1
Nancy Reagan Self 1
Clifford A. Pellow Trucker 1
Kate Harrington Martha Truit 1
John Osborne Self 1
Robert B. Sherman Tom 1
Ethel Ayler Hattie 1
Lenny Baker Henry Dumont 1
Kaiulani Lee 1
Damon Evans Self 1
Bruce Kimmel Ivor 1
Joyce DiDonato Margaret 'Meg' March 1
Guy Raymond Pop 1
Frederica von Stade Claire Huddesen 1
Frederica von Stade Marquise de Merteuil 1
Frederica von Stade Self 1
Frederica von Stade Tina 1
Miles Davis Self 1
Rosemary De Angelis Louise Amber 1
Jan Miner 1
Valentine Pelka Father Herrera 1
Frances Foster Gremmar 1
Julia Migenes Self 1
Fred Morsell 1
Vickilyn Reynolds LaWanda / Mama 1
Myra Carter The Mistress 1
Kiri Te Kanawa Self 1
Kiri Te Kanawa Alcina 1
Clarence Felder 1
Irene Worth Winnie 1
Jessye Norman Jocasta 1
Yehudi Menuhin Self 1
Linda Hopkins Aunt Ethel 1
Max Roach Self 1
Roy Poole Maj. Gen. Randolph 1
Roy Poole Reverand Miles 1
Richard White Gaylord Ravenal 1
Lili Haydn Self 1
Victor Love The Guy 1
Nick Ashford Self 1
Rita Rudner Self 1
Will Lee Kon 1
Savion Glover Self 1
Angela Gheorghiu Juliet 1
André De Shields Self 1
André De Shields Tweedledum 1
Gundula Janowitz Self 1
Susan Browning Self 1
Nigel Kennedy Self 1
Tommy Hollis The Man / The Narrator 1
Shubham Saraf Benvolio 1
Ellen Parker Muffet DiNicola 1
Patricia Manterola Self 1
John Kander Self 1
Fred Ebb Self 1
Edith Meiser Miss Hatchard 1
Amiri Baraka Self 1
Brent Barrett Fred Graham / Petruchio 1
George Martin Isaacson, Governor of Reading Goal Prison 1
George Martin Boss Mangan 1
Éva Marton Turandot 1
Cy Coleman Self 1
Ellen Holly Regan 1
Nicholas Kepros Joseph Surface 1
Adelaide Hall Self 1
Dorothy Loudon Self 1
Johnny Green Self 1
Betty Miller Eurydice 1
Rose Gregorio 1
Barbara Hendricks Self 1
Sammy Fain Self 1
Mark Lamos Backbite 1
Martin Charnin Self 1
Marilyn Horne Self 1
Justino Díaz Oroveso 1
Daniel J. Sullivan Sintsov 1
Jane Connell Mother 1
Catherine Burns Patricia 1
Philip Langridge Oedipus 1
Frances Sternhagen Wilma Atkins 1
Frances Sternhagen Paulina 1
Mike Kellin Sam 1
Jack Cassidy Paul Sears 1
Peter Bogdanovich Self 1
Diana Krall Self 1
Sam Moore Self - Performer 1
Mariss Jansons Self 1
Stan Freberg Self 1
David Foster Self 1
Joan Copeland Self 1
Tom McCamus Edmund Tyrone 1
Hugh Masekela Self 1
Sydney Walker Levshin 1
Karen Akers Self 1
Abbey Lincoln Self 1
K Callan Evelyn Jackson 1
Geraldine Fitzgerald Grandmother 1
Geraldine Fitzgerald Amy Bisley 1
Geraldine Fitzgerald Mrs.Atkins 1
Geraldine Fitzgerald Essie Miller 1
David Knell Sam Clemens 1
Rosamund Greenwood Miss Prism 1
Elizabeth Futral Stella Kowalski 1
Joshua Redman Self 1
Yola Self - Performer 1
Zena Walker Iris 1
Lena Horne Self 1
Wayne Shorter Self 1
James Coco King of Hearts 1