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The Adams Chronicles

The Adams Chronicles

Drama
War & Politics
January 20, 1976 – April 13, 1976 (began 50 years ago)
50m / episode
7.4/10
Ended
1 Season
13 Episodes
PBS

Chronicles the story of the Adams political family over a 150-year span, including John Adams (drafter and signer of the Declaration, accomplished diplomat, and the 2nd President of the U.S.), his wife Abigail Adams, his son John Quincy Adams (acclaimed Secretary of State, the 6th President, and prominent abolitionist Congressman), grandson Charles Francis Adams, Congressman and Ambassador to Great Britain during the Civil War, and much-heralded members of the fourth generation Henry Brooks Adams, the historian and author of the novel Democracy, and Charles Francis Adams II, the industrialist.

Anne Howard Bailey
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Anne Howard Bailey

Narrator (voice)

Ages 51

13 eps
George Grizzard
George Grizzard

George Grizzard

John Adams

Ages 47-48

7 eps
William Daniels
William Daniels

William Daniels

John Quincy Adams

Ages 48-49

7 eps
Pamela Payton-Wright
Pamela Payton-Wright

Pamela Payton-Wright

Louisa Catherine Adams

Ages 34

7 eps
Wesley Addy
Wesley Addy

Wesley Addy

Andrew Jackson

Ages 62

7 eps
Jean-Pierre Stewart
JS

Jean-Pierre Stewart

Alexis de Toqueville

Ages 29

6 eps
Michael O'Hare
Michael O'Hare

Michael O'Hare

Richard Cranch

Ages 23

6 eps
John Tillinger
John Tillinger

John Tillinger

King George III

Ages 37

5 eps
Kathryn Walker
Kathryn Walker

Kathryn Walker

Abigail Smith Adams

Ages 33

5 eps
Lisa Lucas
Lisa Lucas

Lisa Lucas

Young Abigail II

Ages 15

5 eps
Katharine Houghton
Katharine Houghton

Katharine Houghton

Abigail Adams II

Ages 30-31

5 eps