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A cadem y and Emmy w ard-w inner
C h ristin e Lahti (“ L ieberm an in
L ove,” “Chicago H ope” ) stars in
the LIFETIM E Original M ovie“An
A m erican D aughter,” the story o f
prom inent female doctor awaiting
confirm ation as surgeon general,
w h o is s h a tte re d b y m e d ia
investigations o f her fam ily and
friends. This drama, w hich explores
the effects o f a private life turned
public, is scheduled to prem iere on
L IF E T IM E T elevisionon Monday,
June 5 from 9-11 pm. (ET/PT).
Lyssa Dent Hughes (Lahti) is the
privileged, w ell-educated daughter
o f a wel 1 -known Republ ican senator
and fifth-generation granddaughter
o f U lysses S. Grant. She is the wife
o f a professor (Skerritt), a m other, a
prom inent health expert, and the
president’s nom inee for surgeon
general. But w hen a seem ingly
inconsequential detail about her life
is revealed to a reporter (Thom as),
the sn o w b all e ffe c ts o f m edia
scrutiny threaten both her career
and personal life. “An Am erican
D aughter” raises them es about the
com prom ises and disappointm ents
o f “baby boom idealism ” and the
challenges o f feminism in modern
times.
An American Daughter
Lahti, an accom plished actress and
film m aker, is no stranger to the
w orks o f W asserstein. She starred
on stage in New York as Heidi
Hollard in W asserstein’s Pulitzer
Prize-w inning play, “T he Heidi
C hronicles.” She has also w on an
Emmy and a G olden G lobe aw ard
fo r her w o rk on th e c ritic a lly
a c c la im e d te le v is io n s e rie s
“Chicago H ope.” In addition, Lahti
w o n an A c a d e m y A w ard fo r
directing the live-action short film
“ Lieberm an in Love,” in w hich she
also starred. She recently directed
her first feature film, “M y First
M ister,” starring A lbert Brooks and
Leelee Soobieski.
W asserstein’s play, “ An A m erican
D a u g h te r ,” h a d a b i- c o a s ta l
prem iere in A pril, 1997. T he play
opened at th e C o rt T h eatre on
B ro a d w a y ,
s ta r r in g
K a te
N elliganand Hal H olbrook, and at
th e B a g ley W rig h t T h e a tre in
Seattle, starring Barbara Dirickson
and John Procaccino.
W asserstein is a graduate o f M ount
H olyoke C o lleg e and th e Y ale
D rama School. She won the Tony
A w ard and the Pulitzer Prize for
her play “T he H eidi C hronicles,”
an d h e r p la y “ T h e S is te rs
R o s e n s w e ig ” w a s a h u g e
com m ercial and critical success,
both on and o ff Broadway.
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Multi-award-winning actress Lynne Thigpen ( “Where in the World is
Carmen Sandiego? ") reprises her Tony Award-winning role as Dr.
Judith Kaufman, an African-American Jewish oncologist, in the
LIFETIME Original Movie “AN AMERICAN DAUGHTER. " The
movie will premiere on LIFETIME Television on Monday, June 5 from
9-11 pm. (ET/PT).