Climax! The Louella Parsons Story (Season 2, Episode 23)
Unrated
TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

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Climax!

The Louella Parsons Story (Season 2, Episode 23)

Unrated

TV Episode | 60 min | Drama

Based on incidents in her autobiography, "The Gay Illiterate," the story of Louella Parsons is told in a series of flashbacks, from the early twenties to 1948.

Director

John Frankenheimer

Writers

Whitfield Cook (adaptation) | Louella Parsons (autobiography)

Producer

Martin Manulis

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 8, 1956

Release date

Mar 8, 1956 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
40 cast members

Name	Known for
Teresa Wright Louella Parsons Louella Parsons See fewer	Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
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