Little Mo (1978 film)

Little Mo
Written by	John McGreevey
Directed by	Daniel Haller
Starring	Michael Learned Anne Baxter Anne Francis Glynnis O'Connor Mark Harmon Leslie Nielsen
Music by	Carl Brandt Billy May
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	George Sherman Jack Webb (executive producer)
Editor(s)	Michael Berman Bill E. Garst Douglas Hines Bob Swanson
Cinematography	Harry L. Wolf
Running time	150 minutes
Distributor	Mark VII Limited Worldvision Enterprises CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 5, 1978

Little Mo is a 1978 biographical American television film telling the life story of Maureen Connolly Brinker (September 17, 1934 – June 21, 1969), the 1950s American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year, before an accident ended her tennis career at age 19. It stars Glynnis O'Connor, Michael Learned, Anne Baxter, Mark Harmon (as her husband Norman Brinker) and Leslie Nielsen.

Cast

Main cast

• Michael Learned as Eleanor 'Teach' Tennant
• Anne Baxter as Jessamyn Connolly
• Glynnis O'Connor as Maureen Connolly
• Claude Akins as Gus Berste
• Anne Francis as Sophie Fisher
• Mark Harmon as Norman Brinker
• Martin Milner as Wilbur Folsom
• Leslie Nielsen as Nelson Fisher
• Tony Trabert as Himself
• Ann Doran as Aunt Gert
• Fred Holliday as Dr. Bruce Kimball
• Len Wayland as Johnson
• Justin Lord as Maxwell
• Maggie Wellman as Susan
• Jean Kar as Nancy Chaffee
• Cindy Brinker as Susan Partridge
• K.C. Kiner as Laura Lou Jahn
• Tony Fretz as Doris Hart
• Stacy Keach Sr. as Chamber of Commerce President
• Beatrice Manley as Duchess of Kent
• Jason Kincaid as Ben
• Tracey Gold as Cindy Brinker
• Missy Gold as Brenda Brinker
• Howard Culver as Tennis Match Announcer

Supporting cast

• Ian Abercrombie as Dr. Noyes (uncredited)

External links

• Little Mo at the Internet Movie Database