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People vs. Jean Harris (1981)

This dramatic re-enactment premiered a mere nine weeks after the actual headline-making trial of the refined private school headmistress who was convicted of the murder of her unfaithful lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, the famed "Scarsdale Diet" author.

Crime Drama Romance TV Movie

People vs. Jean Harris

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Judge Russell R. Leggett

as George Bolen

Priscilla Morrill

Priscilla Morrill

as Juanita Edwards

as Suzanne Van der Vreken

as Narrator (voice)

as Court Officer

as Det. Siciliano

as Dr. Louis Roh

as Dr. Henry Francis Ryan

Christopher Curry

Christopher Curry

as Officer McKenna

as Vonglan, the Jury Foreman

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Crew arrow_drop_down

George Lefferts

George Lefferts

George Schaefer

George Schaefer

Frederic B. Blankfein

Frederic B. Blankfein

First Assistant Director

George Falardeau

George Falardeau

Camera Operator

Susan Bluestein

Susan Bluestein

J. Boyce Harman Jr.

J. Boyce Harman Jr.

Unit Production Manager

Executive Producer

Harold V. McKenzie

Harold V. McKenzie

George Schaefer

George Schaefer

Original Music Composer

Supervising Producer

Marsha Kleinman

Marsha Kleinman

Production Manager

Camera Operator

Technical Advisor

Technical Supervisor

Nan Bernstein Freed

Nan Bernstein Freed

Production Coordinator

Camera Operator

Adrienne Luraschi

Adrienne Luraschi

Lighting Director

Camera Operator

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