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Liberace: Behind the Music is a 1988 American-Canadian made-for-television biographical film. It is an "unofficial" biopic drama on the life and death of Władziu Valentino Liberace, who went from a humble working-class background to become a famous American pianist and vocalist. Known as "Liberace", he became the highest paid entertainer in the world, while embracing a lifestyle of flamboyant excess. The film first aired less than two years after his death, in the United States, as a CBS Sunday Movie.
Original Release
10/08/1988
US Release
10/08/1988
Cast
Name | Character |
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Victor Garber | Liberace |
Maureen Stapleton | Frances Liberace |
Saul Rubinek | Seymour Heller |
Paul Hipp | Elvis Presley |
Shawn Levy | Glenn |
Macha Grenon | Joanne |
Michael Dolan | Scott Thorsen |
Michael Wikes | George Liberace |
George Touliatos | Salvatore Liberace |
Kenneth Welsh |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Victor Garber | Liberace |
Maureen Stapleton | Frances Liberace |
Saul Rubinek | Seymour Heller |
Paul Hipp | Elvis Presley |
Shawn Levy | Glenn |
Macha Grenon | Joanne |
Michael Dolan | Scott Thorsen |
Michael Wikes | George Liberace |
George Touliatos | Salvatore Liberace |
Kenneth Welsh | |
Dianne Heatherington | |
Frances Hyland | Florence Bettray Kelly |
Stephen Watts | Jimmy |
Rochelle Bruneau | George's Girl |
Joan Heney | Serious Lady |
Andrew Nichols | Teenager |
Shirley Merovitz | Lola |
Gayle Garfinkle | Woman #1 |
Daniel Nalbach | Client #1 |
Richard Zeman | Cop |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nancy Bein | Executive Producer |
Linda Yellen | Executive Producer |
Murray Shostak | Producer |