The Princess and the Cabbie is a
1981
Events January
* January 1
** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union.
** Palau becomes a self-governing territory.
* January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...
television movie
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aired on
CBS
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on 3 November 1981 about a young woman who struggles with
dyslexia
Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...
.
The film stars
Valerie Bertinelli
Valerie Anne Bertinelli (born April 23, 1960) is an American actress. She first achieved recognition as a child actress, portraying Barbara Cooper Royer on the sitcom ''One Day at a Time (1975 TV series), One Day at a Time'' (1975–1984) for w ...
as Joanna James, an heiress who is sheltered from the real world. One day she meets literary cab driver, Joe Holiday (
Robert Desiderio
Robert Desiderio (born September 9, 1951) is an American actor best known for his roles on television.
Life and career
Desiderio was born in
The Bronx, the son of Mary (née Demattia) and Anthony J. Desiderio. He and actress Judith Light marrie ...
), who references
Shakespeare
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,
T. S. Eliot,
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of ...
,
William Carlos Williams
William Carlos Williams (September 17, 1883 – March 4, 1963) was an American poet, writer, and physician closely associated with modernism and imagism.
In addition to his writing, Williams had a long career as a physician practicing both pedia ...
,
Albert Einstein
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,
Gustave Flaubert
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and
Agatha Christie
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. Also starring is
Shelley Long
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.
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/ref> After leaving her book in his cab, Holiday gets to know her and discovers Joanna's secret: she can't read, write, or even remember telephone numbers or directions home. Determining that she is dyslexic
Dyslexia, also known until the 1960s as word blindness, is a disorder characterized by reading below the expected level for one's age. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, r ...
, Holiday begins to help her gain independence.
Awards
*1982: Emmy Award
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: Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
''Nominated'':
*1982: Emmy Award
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: Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special
See also
* List of artistic depictions of dyslexia
This is a list of artistic depictions of dyslexia.
Books Children's literature
* Maeve Kaplan-Taylor, one of the five main characters in the Beacon Street Girls series, is dyslexic.
*Hank Zipzer, the main character in the eponymous children's se ...
References
External links
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1981 television films
1981 films
Dyslexia in fiction
CBS network films
1981 drama films
Films directed by Glenn Jordan
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