"Sadbird" is the second
television play
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episode of the third season of the American television series ''
CBS Playhouse
''CBS Playhouse'' is an American anthology drama television series that aired on CBS from 1967 to 1970. Airing twelve plays over the course of its run, the series won ten Primetime Emmy Awards and featured many noteworthy actors and playwrights.
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''. The episode was a
coming-of-age
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drama about a young man finding his own in the toy business after years of rejecting the corporate lifestyle.
"Sadbird" aired in December 1969, was nominated for an
Emmy award
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for writer
George Bellak,
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CBS Playhouse
and starred such noteworthy actors and actresses as
Ed Asner,
Tyne Daly
Ellen Tyne Daly (; born February 21, 1946) is an American actress. She has won six Emmy Awards for her television work, a Tony Award and is a 2011 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee.
Daly began her career on stage in summer stock in New York, ...
, and
Jack Albertson.
References
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1969 American television episodes
1969 plays
CBS Playhouse episodes
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