'The Farmer's Daughter' was an
American situation comedy series that was produced by
Screen Gems Television and aired on
ABC from
September 20, 1963 to
September 1966. It also enjoyed a brief run in syndication when it aired on The Family Channel in the 1980s.
In its first season, the series was nominated for four Emmy awards in
1964, for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Stevens), Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Comedy and Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy or Variety. They did not win any of the nominations.
Overview
The series, which was based on the
RKO 1947 motion picture of the
same name, starred
Inger Stevens as Katy Holstrum, a young Minnesota woman who becomes the housekeeper for widowed Congressman Glen Morley (played by
William Windom). Glen also had two sons, Steve (age 14 at the time of its premiere), played by
Mickey Sholdar, and Danny (age 8 at the time of its premiere), played by
Rory O'Brien.
Cathleen Nesbitt played the Congressman's mother, Agatha Morley. In the last episode of the 2nd season, Katy and Glen were engaged. Katy and Glen were married on Monday,
November 1, 1965 in a ceremony and reception, which was attended by 300 invited guests. In the last episode of the series, Katy would adopt Glen's sons.
Production notes
During its first two seasons, the episodes were filmed in black & white, while the final season was filmed in color.
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