Special for Women
Special for Women (also known as Purex Specials for Women) is a drama/documentary anthology series broadcast on NBC from 1960 to 1965. It dramatized problems faced by everyday women, including menopause, sexual dysfunction and the feminine beauty ideal, followed by a discussion of that episode's topic with a panel of experts.
Top cast
Dinah Shore
Narrator (voice)
Kim Hunter
Leora Davis
Jack Klugman
Charles Davis
Phyllis Thaxter
Wilhemina 'Willie' Ross
Michael Strong
Mike Ross
Leora Dana
Laura Tyler
Whitfield Connor
Ross Tyler
Barbara Baxley
The Single Woman
Michael Tolan
The Single Man
Patrick O'Neal
The Married Man
Patricia Neal
Ruth Evans
Lynn Loring
Jeannie Evans
Sylvia Sidney
Minna Borden
Lori March
Helen Fellow
James Daly
Henry Fellow
Seasons
Details
- Status
- Ended
- First air date
- October 14, 1960
- Last air date
- February 26, 1965
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 14
- Episode runtime
- 1h
- Network
- NBC
- Original language
- EN
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