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A Love Affair: The Eleanor and Lou Gehrig Story is a 1976 NBC network television movie which aired on January 15, 1976.
Plot[]
Legendary ballplayer and humanitarian Lou Gehrig (Edward Herrmann) and his relationship with his stalwart wife, Eleanor (Blythe Danner) are portrayed in this film that focuses on the Hall of Famer's life off the baseball field. Featuring unflinching looks at the Gehrig's relationship, as well as Lou's feud with Babe Ruth (Ramon Bieri).
Cast[]
- Blythe Danner as Eleanor Gehrig
- Edward Herrmann as Lou Gehrig
- Gerald S. O'Loughlin as Joe McCarthy
- Ramon Bieri as Babe Ruth
- Jane Wyatt as Eleanor's Mother
- Patricia Neal as Mrs. Gehrig
- Georgia Engel as Claire Ruth
- Michael Lerner as Dr. Canlan
- David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Charles Mayo
- Gail Strickland as Dorothy
- Valerie Curtin as Kitty McHie
- Jennifer Penney as Jennifer (as Jennifer Penny)
- Lainie Kazan as Sophie Tucker
- James Luisi as Tony Lazzeri
- Joe E. Tata as Lefty Gomez
- William Wellman Jr. as Bill Dickey
- Charles H. Gray as Kenderly
- Frederic Downs as Papa Gehrig (as Fred Downs)
- James Greene as John Kieran
- Robert Burr as Joe Durso
- Wynn Irwin as Ed Barrow
- Scott Mulhern as Bud
- Norman Bartold as Harry Grabiner
- George A. Cooper as Mr. Twitchell (as George Cooper)
- Ellen Blake as Nurse #1
- Jan Jorden as Fanny Barrow (as Jan Jordan)
- Jonathan Sagall as Draftsman (as Jonathan Segal)
- Michael Yama as Purser
- Milton Parsons as Driver
- Victoria Carver as Nurse #2