Lifetime·Documentary·1993–2005

Intimate Portrait

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Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject. Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

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321

Episodes

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S9 · E4 · 1 votes

★ 9.0

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S6 · E7 · 1 votes

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#	Episode	Air Date
1	Jackie Onassis	Nov 14, 1993
2	Yoko Ono	Nov 21, 1995
3	Grace Kelly	Jan 29, 1995
4	Gloria Vanderbilt	TBA
5	Carly Simon	Jan 1, 1995
6	Rose Kennedy	Feb 19, 1995
7	Marla Maples	Mar 12, 1995
8	Mary Magdalene	Apr 23, 1995
9	Josie Natori	Jun 4, 1995
10	Princess Diana	Jul 24, 1994
11	Martina Navratilova	Aug 1, 1994
12	Hillary Clinton & Elizabeth Dole	Oct 1, 1996

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Maya Angelou	Feb 4, 1996
2	Sally Field	Mar 24, 1996
3	Audrey Hepburn	Apr 28, 1996
4	Marilyn Monroe	May 26, 1996
5	Natalie Wood	Jun 16, 1996
6	Gloria Estefan	Jul 7, 1996
7	Janet Leigh	Oct 20, 1996
8	Reba McEntire	Nov 10, 1996
9	Shirley MacLaine	Dec 1, 1996
10	Vanessa Williams	Dec 8, 1996
11	Eve	Jan 1, 1996
12	Virgin Mary	Jan 1, 1996
13	Kathie Lee Gifford	Jan 1, 1996
14	Eva Perón	Dec 22, 1996
15	The Young Kennedy Women	May 19, 1996

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Queen Latifah	Feb 9, 1997
2	Queen Esther	Mar 23, 1997
3	Bette Midler	Mar 30, 1997
4	Brett Butler	Apr 6, 1997
5	Valerie Bertinelli	Nov 14, 2000
6	Carol Burnett	May 4, 1997
7	Celine Dion	Jun 15, 1997
8	Heather Locklear	Jul 27, 1997
9	Joan Lunden	Jul 29, 1997
10	Cleopatra	Jun 1, 1999
11	Cybill Shepherd	Sep 15, 1997
12	Jane Seymour	Sep 16, 1997
13	Patricia Richardson	Sep 28, 1997
14	Dr. Susan Love	Oct 22, 1997
15	Wynonna Judd	Nov 9, 1997
16	Debbie Allen	Dec 7, 1997
17	Sally Jessy Raphael	Dec 28, 1997
18	Mary Tyler Moore	Jan 1, 1997
19	Mother Teresa	Jun 1, 1997

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Katharine Hepburn	Jan 9, 1998
2	Jessica Lange	Jan 11, 1998
3	Jacqueline Bisset	Jan 25, 1998
4	Diahann Carroll	Feb 8, 1998
5	Ricki Lake	Mar 1, 1998
6	Anjelica Huston	Mar 22, 1998
7	Jaclyn Smith	Apr 5, 1998
8	Judith Light	May 4, 1998
9	Suzanne Somers	May 31, 1998
10	Patti LaBelle	Jun 12, 1998
11	Delta Burke	Jun 28, 1998
12	Jenny Jones	Jul 12, 1998
13	Cindy Crawford	Jan 22, 2001
14	Christie Brinkley	Jul 19, 1998
15	Melissa Gilbert	Jul 26, 1998
16	Gabrielle Reece	Aug 9, 1998
17	Lea Thompson	Aug 16, 1998
18	Lauren Hutton	Jan 29, 2001
19	Halle Berry	Sep 12, 1998
20	Donna Mills	Oct 10, 1998
21	Pamela Harriman	Oct 12, 1998
22	Olivia Newton-John	Oct 17, 1998
23	Liz Tilberis	Apr 12, 1990
24	Eileen Ford	Jan 15, 2001
25	Sydney Seaward	Oct 25, 1998
26	Cyndi Lauper	Oct 31, 1998
27	Ann Richards	Nov 7, 1998
28	Vanessa Redgrave	Nov 8, 1998
29	Victoria Principal	Nov 14, 1998
30	Vanna White	Nov 21, 1998
31	Natalie Wood	Nov 29, 1998
32	Gloria Steinem	Dec 5, 1998
33	Lauren Bacall	Jan 12, 1999
34	Christine Lahti	Dec 12, 1998
35	Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher	Nov 15, 1998
36	Mariel Hemingway	Dec 19, 1998
37	Tammy Wynette	Dec 22, 1998
38	Helen Gurley Brown	Dec 26, 1998
39	Donna Reed	Jan 1, 1998
40	Eva Gabor	Jan 1, 1998
41	Marsha Mason	Jan 1, 1998
42	Patti LaBelle	Jan 1, 1998
43	Phylicia Rashad	Jan 1, 1998
44	Spies	Jan 1, 1998
45	Witches	Jan 1, 1998
46	Women of the Bible	Jan 1, 1998

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Barbara Mandrell	Jan 2, 1999
2	Leeza Gibbons	Jan 9, 1999
3	Iman	Jan 9, 1999
4	Andie MacDowell	Jan 16, 1999
5	Mia Farrow	Jan 19, 1999
6	Tanya Tucker	Sep 22, 1996
7	Faith Ford	Feb 2, 1999
8	Fran Drescher	Feb 20, 1999
9	Doris Duke	Feb 21, 1999
10	Della Reese	Feb 27, 1999
11	Eleanor Roosevelt	Mar 8, 1999
12	Marilu Henner	Mar 9, 1999
13	Amy Irving	Mar 9, 1999
14	Josephine Baker	Jul 19, 1999
15	Oksana Baiul	Mar 16, 1999
16	Ingrid Bergman	Oct 15, 1995
17	Melissa Etheridge	Jan 18, 1999
18	Bella Abzug	Mar 11, 1999
19	Jane Alexander	Mar 30, 1999
20	Joan Rivers	Apr 4, 1999
21	Bette Davis	Sep 26, 1996
22	Olympia Dukakis	Apr 18, 1999
23	Lindsay Wagner	Apr 25, 1999
24	Dr. Laura Schlessinger	May 2, 1999
25	Donna Reed	May 9, 1999
26	Agnes Nixon	May 16, 1999
27	Stefanie Powers	May 23, 1999
28	Mae West	May 26, 1999
29	Sarah Brady	May 28, 1999
30	Margot Kidder	May 27, 1999
31	Carolyn McCarthy	Jun 6, 1999
32	Jessica Tandy	Jun 13, 1999
33	Ally Sheedy	Dec 7, 1999
34	Barbara Taylor Bradford	Dec 21, 1999
35	Betty Friedan	Aug 8, 1999
36	Cheryl Ladd	Nov 29, 1999
37	Jacqueline Susann	Aug 30, 1999
38	Jane Alexander	Jan 1, 1999
39	Jean Harlow	Sep 8, 1999
40	Jessica Savitch	Sep 4, 1995
41	Tyne Daly	Jul 26, 1999
42	Kelly Preston	Aug 16, 1999
43	Laura Dern	Dec 27, 1999
44	Linda Ellerbee	Oct 4, 1999
45	Loni Anderson	Nov 15, 1999
46	Michele Lee	Oct 18, 1999
47	Pam Grier	Nov 4, 1999
48	Natalie Merchant	Nov 8, 1999
49	Star Jones	Oct 11, 1999
50	Natalie Cole	Aug 1, 1999
51	Teri Garr	Jul 28, 1999
52	Claudia Schiffer	Jan 1, 1999

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#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Marie Osmond	Feb 28, 2000	0.0
2	Tisha Campbell-Martin	Jun 10, 2002	0.0
3	Diane von Fürstenberg	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
4	Florence Griffith Joyner	Feb 2, 2000	0.0
5	Harriet Tubman	Feb 2, 2000	0.0
6	Betty White	Sep 4, 2000	10.0
7	Rue McClanahan	Jun 19, 2000	8.0
8	Patricia Heaton	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
9	Katey Sagal	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
10	Tipper Gore	Jan 5, 2000	0.0
11	Swoosie Kurtz	Mar 28, 2000	0.0
12	Mackenzie Phillips	Mar 7, 2000	0.0
13	Madeline Kahn	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
14	Robin Givens	May 29, 2000	0.0
15	Marlo Thomas	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
16	Linda Dano	Dec 19, 2000	0.0
17	Linda Evans	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
18	Minnie Driver	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
19	Joanna Kerns	Oct 23, 2000	0.0
20	Holly Robinson Peete	Jan 11, 2000	0.0
21	Janis Joplin	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
22	Kim Cattrall	Jun 12, 2000	0.0
23	Helen Keller	Jan 1, 2000	0.0
24	Connie Chung	May 23, 2000	0.0
25	Rosalynn Carter	May 17, 2000	0.0
26	Ava Gardner	May 2, 2000	0.0
27	Lynda Carter	Jul 31, 2000	0.0
28	Jamie Lee Curtis	TBA	0.0
29	Cokie Roberts	Feb 2, 2000	0.0
30	Lady Bird Johnson	Feb 26, 2000	0.0
31	Judy Collins	Mar 13, 2000	0.0
32	Trisha Yearwood	Jul 17, 2000	0.0
33	Judith Krantz	Nov 15, 2000	0.0

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Tammy Faye	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
2	Brooke Shields	Jan 22, 2001	0.0
3	Bobbi Brown	Aug 27, 2001	0.0
4	Allison Janney	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
5	Cheryl Tiegs	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
6	Cindy Williams	Apr 9, 2001	0.0
7	Destiny's Child	Dec 10, 2001	0.0
8	Dixie Carter	Feb 5, 2001	0.0
9	Genie Francis	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
10	Holly Hunter	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
11	Ivana Trump	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
12	Jasmine Guy	Jul 2, 2001	0.0
13	Kim Fields	Aug 20, 2001	0.0
14	Lisa Hartman-Black	Feb 12, 2001	0.0
15	Lela Rochon	Jan 5, 2001	0.0
16	Lee Grant	Jan 1, 1993	0.0
17	Linda Blair	Oct 29, 2001	0.0
18	Lisa Rinna	Sep 24, 2001	0.0
19	Naomi Campbell	Jun 22, 2001	0.0
20	Patty Duke	Jul 23, 2001	0.0
21	Raquel Welch	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
22	Rosa Parks	Feb 20, 2001	0.0
23	Sharon Gless	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
24	Shirley Jones	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
25	Estelle Getty	Jan 15, 2001	10.0
26	Judy Garland	Feb 26, 2001	0.0
27	Sela Ward	Jun 20, 2001	0.0
28	Diane Keaton	Mar 19, 2001	0.0
29	Belinda Carlisle	Aug 6, 2001	0.0
30	Deidre Hall	Jan 8, 2001	0.0
31	Diane Sawyer	Jan 1, 2001	0.0
32	Madeline Albright	Apr 18, 2001	0.0
33	Laila Ali	Jun 11, 2001	0.0
34	Calista Flockhart	Jun 18, 2001	0.0
35	Liz Smith	Jun 21, 2001	0.0
36	Betsey Johnson	Oct 12, 2001	0.0
37	Mary J. Blige	Oct 15, 2001	0.0
38	Kelly Ripa	Nov 1, 2001	0.0
39	Judge Judy - Judith Sheindlin	Nov 19, 2001	0.0

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1	Brandy	Jan 21, 2002
2	Cynthia Nixon	Feb 4, 2002
3	Doris Roberts	May 13, 2002
4	Geraldine Ferraro	Jan 1, 2002
5	Finola Hughes	Jun 17, 2002
6	Emma Samms	Sep 24, 2002
7	Marion Ross	Jan 1, 2002
8	Kellie Martin	Jan 1, 2002
9	Kristi Yamaguchi	May 29, 2002
10	Lauralee Bell	Aug 12, 2002
11	Melissa Joan Hart	Apr 29, 2002
12	Melody Thomas Scott	Jun 22, 2002
13	Pam Dawber	Jan 1, 2002
14	Sherry Lansing	May 22, 2002
15	Jamie-Lynn Sigler	Jan 1, 2002
16	Sarah Ferguson	Jan 1, 2002
17	Martina McBride	Nov 4, 2002
18	Kathy Ireland	Jan 1, 2002
19	Barbara Eden	Jan 7, 2002
20	Joan Van Ark	Jul 15, 2002
21	Melissa Sue Anderson	Sep 26, 2002
22	Dixie Chicks	Sep 30, 2002
23	Pat Benatar	Aug 21, 2002
24	Toni Braxton	Nov 18, 2002
25	Sharon Osbourne	Nov 25, 2002
26	Elizabeth Taylor	Dec 2, 2002
27	Jennifer Lopez (J Lo)	Dec 9, 2002
28	Diane Lane	Dec 16, 2002
29	Suzanne Pleshette	Dec 23, 2002
30	Lucille Ball	Aug 5, 2002
31	Erika Slezak	Jul 8, 2002
32	Amy Grant	Jan 1, 2002
33	Joely Fisher	Jan 1, 2002
34	Jennie Garth	Jan 21, 2002
35	LisaGay Hamilton	Feb 7, 2002
36	Marian Wright Edelman	Feb 14, 2002
37	Paula Zahn	Mar 4, 2002
38	Loretta Lynn	Apr 9, 2002
39	Bonnie Franklin	Sep 8, 2002
40	Jane Kaczmarek	Aug 21, 2002

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Mariah Carey	Jun 6, 2003	0.0
2	Carnie Wilson	Jan 13, 2003	0.0
3	Erin Brockovich	Jan 16, 2003	0.0
4	Bea Arthur	Jan 20, 2003	9.0
5	Naomi Judd	Jan 27, 2003	0.0
6	Isabel Sanford	Feb 3, 2003	0.0
7	Celebrity Love	Feb 10, 2003	0.0
8	Eve Ensler	Feb 18, 2003	0.0
9	Josie Bissett	Feb 24, 2003	0.0
10	Famous Families	Mar 10, 2003	0.0
11	Audrey Hepburn	Mar 17, 2003	0.0
12	Linda Gray	Mar 24, 2003	0.0
13	Michelle Phillips	Apr 21, 2003	0.0
14	Niki Taylor	Mar 31, 2003	0.0
15	Joan Collins	Apr 14, 2003	0.0
16	Faith Hill	Feb 21, 2000	0.0
17	Intimate Portrait: Mothers and Daughters	May 5, 2003	0.0
18	Susan Lucci	May 12, 2003	0.0
19	Angie Dickinson	Mar 25, 2003	0.0

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1	Chaka Khan	May 19, 2003
2	Shania Twain	Jun 16, 2003
3	Gladys Knight	Jun 23, 2003
4	Cloris Leachman	Jul 7, 2003
5	Vicki Lawrence	Jul 14, 2003
6	Tracey Gold	Jul 21, 2003
7	Penny Marshall	Aug 4, 2003
8	Alyssa Milano	Aug 11, 2003
9	Linda Lavin	Aug 18, 2003

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Florence Henderson	Sep 8, 2003
2	Laura Bush	Sep 15, 2003
3	Constance Marie	Sep 9, 2003
4	Peggy Fleming	Oct 20, 2003
5	Sheryl Crow	Oct 27, 2003
6	Rosie O'Donnell	Nov 3, 2003
7	Dana Delany	Nov 10, 2003
8	Mo'Nique	Nov 17, 2003
9	Amy Brenneman	Nov 24, 2003
10	Sarah McLachlan	Nov 26, 2003
11	Nancy McKeon	Dec 1, 2003
12	LeAnn Rimes	Nov 15, 2003
13	Ashanti	Dec 19, 2003
14	Bonnie Hunt	Dec 22, 2003
15	Stockard Channing	Jan 10, 2004
16	Donna Summer	Feb 7, 2004
17	Leah Remini	Nov 10, 2003
18	Missy Elliott	Mar 13, 2004
19	Molly Shannon	Mar 20, 2004
20	Nancy Kerrigan	Apr 9, 2004
21	Dionne Warwick	Apr 3, 2004
22	Jane Pauley	May 29, 2004
23	Farrah Fawcett	Aug 15, 2004
24	Vanessa Marcil	Oct 6, 2003
25	Maria Shriver	Oct 13, 2003
26	Facing the Truth	May 15, 2004

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Bo Derek	Oct 17, 2003
2	Ann Curry	Oct 9, 2005
3	Jill Clayburgh	TBA
4	Lee Ann Womack	TBA
5	Marg Helgenberger	TBA
6	Park Overall	TBA
7	Rita Moreno	TBA
8	Rosanna Arquette	TBA
9	Susan Saint James	TBA
10	Tippi Hedren	TBA
11	Young Hollywood	TBA