The Dollmaker is a 1984 American made-for-television drama film starring Jane Fonda and based on the 1954 novel written by Harriette Arnow . It was originally broadcast on ABC on May 13, 1984.
7-664: Fonda was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie . Director Daniel Petrie won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials. The film is the story of a family that moves from their rural home in Appalachia to Detroit , Michigan , where the father intends to find work in a factory. Gertie
14-470: A modern world. Still, her handiwork is admired by those around her. One of the items that she hangs onto is a piece of a tree limb in which she sees a figure of Jesus calling to her to carve from it. One setback after another begins to pull the family apart. Clovis doesn't find work and begins to get involved with matters that trouble Gertie; her children begin to also get involved in unsavory affairs. The event that breaks Gertie's passivity to her situation
21-478: Is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). It is given in honor of an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role on a television limited series or television movie for the primetime network season. The award was first presented at the 7th Primetime Emmy Awards on March 7, 1955, to Judith Anderson , for her performance as Lady Macbeth on
28-466: Is hesitant to leave their home; her husband Clovis believes that it will bring the family a regular income and better way of life. What Gertie finds is a new place to exist, rather than live, and the family settles down in a tar paper shack by the railroad tracks in an industrial neighborhood. All the while Gertie holds onto her homespun ways, one of which is carving. Clovis begins to dismiss her talents and puts down Gertie for holding onto her folk art in
35-426: Is the death of her youngest daughter, who is killed by a railroad car. She confronts her husband, whose best intentions have led the family to this tragedy. Gertie decides that she will earn enough money to get the family back home to where it belongs. To do this she will make dolls, but she has no material from which she can carve the dolls. It is then that she takes the treasured piece of lumber that she longed to carve
42-522: The Hallmark Hall of Fame episode " Macbeth ". It has undergone several name changes, with the category split into two categories at the 25th Primetime Emmy Awards : Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy; and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series. By the 31st Primetime Emmy Awards , the categories were merged into one, and it has since undergone several name changes, leading to its current title. Since its inception,
49-455: The Christ figure from, and splits it with an axe. From one piece of wood, she will carve many dolls. It is the only way to save the family. From this sacrifice, the family is able to return home. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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