Second Serve (1986)
2h
Running Time
January 1, 1986Release Date
Second Serve (1986)
2h
Running Time
January 1, 1986Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
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Cast & Crew.

Vanessa Redgrave
Renee Richards

Martin Balsam
Dr. Beck

William Russ
Josh

Alice Krige
Gwen

Louise Fletcher
Dr. Sadie M. Bishop

Kerrie Keane
Meriam

Richard Venture
Dr. David Bradley

Reni Santoni
Dr. Roberto Granato

Jeff Corey
Dr. Harry Benjamin

Alan Feinstein
Bill

Nina van Pallandt
Danielle

Michael Cavanaugh
Gene Scott

Kenneth Tigar
Ross

Alison La Placa
Nightclub Singer

Ray Girardin
Grigsby

Stephanie Liss
Writer

James Victor
Spaniard

Renée Richards
Writer

Gerry Gibson
Dr. Tirico

Michael Harrington
Lowell

Mews Small
Navy Wife

Robbie Greenberg
Cinematographer

Whit Hertford
Renee

Keri Houlihan
Mike
Details.
This Movie Is About.
biography
Wiki.
Second Serve is a 1986 American made-for-television biographical film starring Vanessa Redgrave as retired eye surgeon, professional tennis player, and transgender woman Renée Richards. The film is based on her 1983 autobiography Second Serve: The Renée Richards Story that was written with John Ames. The script is by Stephanie Liss and Gavin Lambert and the film was directed by Anthony Page. Second Serve aired on CBS on May 13, 1986.
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