Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

May. 01,1994      
Rating:
7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper.

Diane Lane as  Lucy Honicut Marsden
Donald Sutherland as  William Marsden
Cicely Tyson as  Castralia
Anne Bancroft as  Lucy Marsden (age 99-100)
Blythe Danner as  Bianca Honicut
E.G. Marshall as  Professor Taw
Gwen Verdon as  Etta Pell
Camille Cooper as  Shirey Ann Williams
Maureen Mueller as  Lady Marsden
Kathryn Morris as  Zondro