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The Farmer's Daughter

  • TV Series
  • 1963–19661963–1966
  • 30m
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Inger Stevens and William Windom in The Farmer's Daughter (1963)
  • Comedy
Katrin "Katy" Holstrum seeks help from Congressman Glen Morley just when he needs a governess for his sons Steve and Danny. Morley hires Katy and her common-sense solutions contrast with the... Read allKatrin "Katy" Holstrum seeks help from Congressman Glen Morley just when he needs a governess for his sons Steve and Danny. Morley hires Katy and her common-sense solutions contrast with the refined Morley's complicated ways. Grandmother Agatha is there to provide her opinions.Katrin "Katy" Holstrum seeks help from Congressman Glen Morley just when he needs a governess for his sons Steve and Danny. Morley hires Katy and her common-sense solutions contrast with the refined Morley's complicated ways. Grandmother Agatha is there to provide her opinions.
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  • Stars
    • Inger Stevens
    • William Windom
    • Cathleen Nesbitt
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    • Inger Stevens
    • William Windom
    • Cathleen Nesbitt
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    • Nominated for 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

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    Inger Stevens
    Inger Stevens
    • Katy Holstrumas Katy Holstrum…
    101 episodes101 eps • 1963–1966
    William Windom
    William Windom
    • Congressman Glen Morleyas Congressman Glen Morley
    101 episodes101 eps • 1963–1966
    Cathleen Nesbitt
    Cathleen Nesbitt
    • Agatha Morleyas Agatha Morley
    82 episodes82 eps • 1963–1966
    Mickey Sholdar
    • Steven Morleyas Steven Morley…
    73 episodes73 eps • 1963–1966
    Rory O'Brien
    • Danny Morleyas Danny Morley
    64 episodes64 eps • 1963–1966
    Philip Coolidge
    Philip Coolidge
    • Chester Cooperas Chester Cooper
    20 episodes20 eps • 1963–1964
    Walter Sande
    Walter Sande
    • Papa Holstrumas Papa Holstrum
    11 episodes11 eps • 1963–1966
    Alice Frost
    Alice Frost
    • Mama Holstrumas Mama Holstrum
    10 episodes10 eps • 1963–1966
    David Lewis
    David Lewis
    • Senator Amesas Senator Ames…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1963–1965
    Barbara Bostock
    • Margotas Margot…
    7 episodes7 eps • 1965–1966
    Florence Ravenel
    • Cookas Cook…
    6 episodes6 eps • 1963–1964
    Don Keefer
    Don Keefer
    • Dr. Roscoeas Dr. Roscoe…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1965–1966
    Heather Menzies-Urich
    Heather Menzies-Urich
    • Nancy Bethas Nancy Beth
    3 episodes3 eps • 1964–1965
    Josie Lloyd
    Josie Lloyd
    • Almaas Alma…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1965–1966
    Marilyn Lovell
    • Charlotteas Charlotte
    3 episodes3 eps • 1965
    Jim Begg
    Jim Begg
    • Assistant Directoras Assistant Director…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1965–1966
    Bernard Fox
    Bernard Fox
    • John Robbinsas John Robbins…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1965–1966
    Hollis Morrison
    Hollis Morrison
    • Borisas Boris…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1965–1966
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    Katrin "Katy" Holstrum seeks help from Congressman Glen Morley just when he needs a governess for his sons Steve and Danny. Morley hires Katy and her common-sense solutions contrast with the refined Morley's complicated ways. Grandmother Agatha is there to provide her opinions.
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      Inger Stevens' last television project.
    • Connections
      Referenced in The Monkees: Here Come the Monkees (1966)

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    7/10
    With a real Swede
    Although Loretta Young won her Academy Award playing The Farmer's Daughter she did have to fake an accent for the role of Katy Holstrum. When doing the television series, the producer's had the good sense to hire a natural blond and a natural Swede.

    Both came in the person of the lovely and tragic Inger Stevens who was governess to the sons of Congressman William Windom from, where else, Minnesota. Windom's political opinions were kept carefully discreet in the series so we don't know if he was a Republican in the Harold Stassen mode or a follower of Hubert Humphrey's Democrat-Farmer Labor party. Either way he was a good guy which was a switch for him because until he played Dr. Hazlett on Murder She Wrote, he was a villain on the big screen a lot. Congressman Glen Morley on the big screen had been done by Joseph Cotten.

    The character of the gruff and kindly butler that Charles Bickford did so well was completely dropped. But Ethel Barrymore's role as a Senatorial widow and mother to Joseph Cotten was taken over by Cathleen Nesbitt. She was a grand and imperious lady who had all kinds of good advice, political and personal.

    Stevens made herself indispensable to William Windom and it was inevitable that like in the movie they would marry. Of course that did signal the end of the series after a good run. The Farmer's Daughter was as big a success on the small screen as on the big.
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    • Release date
      • September 20, 1963 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Katy
    • Production companies
      • Associated Arts N.V.
      • Screen Gems Television
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    • Runtime
      30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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