Betty Ford Story, The (1987)

Gena Rowlands won an Emmy for her towering portrayal of former first lady Betty Ford.  After surviving breast cancer, the feisty Ford earns the love and admiration of the entire country. This makes it all the harder for her to keep private her biggest personal battle -- against alcohol and prescription-drug addiction. This sensitive but candid story was an adaptation of Betty Ford's autobiography The Times of My Life. (w/o/c)

Gene Rowlands, Josef Sommer, Nan Woods, Concetta Tomei, Kenneth Tigar, Bradley Whitford, Joan McMurtrey.