Special for Women (1960)
Synopsis
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.
First Air Date: 1960-10-14
Last Air Date: 1965-02-26
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 14
Created By: George Lefferts
Networks: NBC
Top Cast
- Dinah Shore as Narrator (voice)
- Kim Hunter as Leora Davis
- Jack Klugman as Charles Davis
- Phyllis Thaxter as Wilhemina 'Willie' Ross
- Michael Strong as Mike Ross
- Leora Dana as Laura Tyler
- Whitfield Connor as Ross Tyler
- Barbara Baxley as The Single Woman
- Michael Tolan as The Single Man
- Patrick O'Neal as The Married Man
Seasons
None (1960)
No overview available for this season.
Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Cold Woman
Leora Davis confronts her sexual frigidity with her husband, Charles.
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Ep. 2: The Trapped Housewife
Wilhemina Ross realizes she is dissatisfied with her life as a housewife when she leaves a note for the milkman that reads 'Help.' She confronts this with her husband, Mike.
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Ep. 3: The Working Mother
Laura Tyler has been accused of child neglect simply because she works a job in addition to raising children. With her husband, Ross, she confronts the existential issues around working women in society.
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Ep. 4: The Single Woman
A troubled single woman is torn between a single man and an affair with a married man.
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Ep. 5: Mother and Daughter
A mother and daughter, Ruth and Jeannie Evans, confront their mutual resentment of each other.
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Ep. 6: Change of Life
As Minna Borden goes through menopause, she reflects on her life, her regrets and her missed opportunities.
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Ep. 7: What's Wrong with Men?
Henry Fellow is dissatisfied with his office job and life in general. He confronts this with his wife, Helen.
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Ep. 8: The Glamour Trap
Five women at a beauty salon face society's pressures to conform to the feminine beauty ideal.
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Ep. 9: The Lonely Woman
Martha Sloan is married and has a full social life on the surface of things, but secretly, she deeply fears loneliness.
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Ep. 10: The Indiscriminate Woman
A couple break off their engagement after the woman's promiscuity comes to light.
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Ep. 11: The Problem Child
Reports that a nine-year-old has been pushed down a flight of stairs by his father leads to intervention by a social worker. Conflicting stories are heard in a Rashōmon-esque fashion, including from the mother. Investigations reveal that a wide range of social problems are at play.
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Ep. 12: A Child in Danger
A female lawyer reluctantly defends a male client accused of child molestation.
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Ep. 13: The Menace of Age
After she suffers a stroke, Barbara Lawson is suggested by her doctor that she and her husband Joe live with their daughter's family.
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Ep. 14: Just a Housewife
Jacquie Hunter is sick of being thought of as 'just a housewife' and wishes to leave her husband Matt to work for a career-oriented woman.
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