Mame
“She'll coax the blues right out of your heart!”
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
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Lucille Ball
Mame
Known for
I Love Lucy
Yours, Mine and Ours
Bea Arthur
Vera
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The Golden Girls
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Robert Preston
Beauregard
Known for
The Last Starfighter
The Music Man
Bruce Davison
Older Patrick
Known for
Knight Rider
X-Men
Kirby Furlong
Young Patrick
Also in
The Jimmy Stewart Show
Off the Minnesota Strip
Jane Connell
Agnes Gooch
Known for
Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
George Chiang
Ito
Known for
An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars
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Joyce Van Patten
Sally Cato
Known for
Grown Ups
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Doria Cook-Nelson
Gloria Upson
Known for
The Parallax View
Don Porter
Mr. Upson
Known for
She-Wolf of London
The Candidate
Audrey Christie
Mrs. Upson
Known for
Splendor in the Grass
Frankie and Johnny
John McGiver
Mr. Babcock
Known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Midnight Cowboy
Gene Saks Director · Paul Zindel Screenplay Patrick Dennis Author
Worldwide gross $6.5M · Budget $12M · United States release March 7, 1974
Box office
Budget
$12,000,000
Worldwide gross
$6,500,000
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 7, 1974
Theatrical
Brazil
March 3, 1975 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 19, 1974 · Theatrical
Finland
November 29, 1974 · Theatrical
France
July 3, 1974 · Theatrical
Germany
May 9, 1976 · TV
Ireland
December 6, 1974 · Theatrical
Italy
October 12, 1974 · Theatrical
Japan
April 13, 1974 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 2, 1975 · Theatrical
Sweden
June 24, 1974 · Theatrical
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