Elvis and the Beauty Queen
Elvis and the Beauty Queen

Elvis and the Beauty Queen

3.8(5 votes)
1981
1h 40m
Drama
Music
TV Movie

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.

Production

David Gerber Productions, Columbia Pictures Television

Cast

Don Johnson

Don Johnson

Elvis Presley

Stephanie Zimbalist

Stephanie Zimbalist

Linda Thompson

Ann Dusenberry

Ann Dusenberry

Jeannie LeMay

Rick Lenz

Rick Lenz

David Briggs

Ann Wedgeworth

Ann Wedgeworth

Aunt Betty

Richard Herd

Richard Herd

Sanford Thompson

Jay W. MacIntosh

Jay W. MacIntosh

Marge Thompson

Ruta Lee

Ruta Lee

Su-Su

Edward Edwards

Edward Edwards

Sam Thompson

John Crawford

John Crawford

Vernon Presley

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