The
continuing
story of
PEYTON
PLACE
Premiere:
September
15, 1964
Last episode:
June
2, 1969
| Peyton Place, the TV series, gave us our first primetime soap opera and during its five-year run it featured one of the largest and most interesting casts in television history. The photo above offers only a handful of the town's citizens: Ed Nelson as Dr. Michael Rossi, Christopher Connelly as Norman Harrington, Ryan O'Neal as Rodney Harrington, Mia Farrow as Allison MacKenzie, Tim O'Connor as Elliott Carson, and Barbara Parkins as Betty Anderson. The cast was headed by Academy Award winner Dorothy Malone (shown below with Mia Farrow), who played Constance MacKenzie. |
Allison MacKenzie
Constance MacKenzie
The TV Cast
(partial listing)
Dorothy Malone
Constance MacKenzie
Mia Farrow
Allison MacKenzie
Ed Nelson
Dr. Michael Rossi
Warner Anderson
Matthew Swain
Ryan O'Neal
Rodney Harrington
Christopher Connelly
Norman Harrington
Paul Langton
Leslie Harrington
Barbara Parkins
Betty Anderson
Kasey Rogers
Julie Anderson
Henry Beckman
George Anderson
Tim O'Connor
Elliot Carson
Patricia Morrow
Rita Jacks
Evelyn Scott
Ada Jacks
Lee Grant
Stella Chernak
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Mia Farrow
Allison MacKenzie |
Countless other notables making appearances in TV's Peyton Place at one time or another included: Barbara Rush, Susan Oliver, Ruby Dee, Joyce Jillson, Diana Hyland, Gena Rowlands, Lana Wood, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ruth Warrick, Mariette Hartley, David Canary, Frank Ferguson, John Kerr, Joan Blackman, George Macready, Wilfred-Hyde White, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dan Duryea, and pretty much everybody else in the world.
Notes on TV's Peyton Place:
-- As far as we know, Erin O'Brien-Moore is the only performer who appeared in both the original film and the ABC TV series.
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