Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story is a 1995 American television film that aired on NBC on February 6, 1995 and stars Glenn Close and Judy Davis.

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story
Genre	Biography Drama
Written by	Alison Cross
Directed by	Jeff Bleckner
Starring	Glenn Close Judy Davis Jan Rubeš Wendy Makkena Susan Barnes
Theme music composer	David Shire
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Glenn Close Cis Corman Neil Meron Barbra Streisand Craig Zadan
Producer	Richard Heus
Production location	Vancouver
Cinematography	Glen MacPherson
Editor	Geoffrey Rowland
Running time	91 minutes
Production companies	Barwood Films Storyline Productions Trillium Productions TriStar Television
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 6, 1995 (1995-02-06)

Plot

The film recounts the events in the life of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer which led to her retirement from the Washington National Guard under the U.S. military's gay exclusion policy.

Cast

Actor	Role
Glenn Close	Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
Judy Davis	Diane Divelbess
Jan Rubeš	Far
Wendy Makkena	Mary Newcombe
Susan Barnes	Capt. Kern
Eric Dane	Matt
Ryan Reynolds	Andy
Molly Parker	Lynette
Jim Byrnes	Vet

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1995	Artios Awards	Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week	Valorie Massalas	Won
	Peabody Awards		NBC, Barwood Films Ltd., Story Line Productions Inc., and Trillium Productions Inc., in association with TriStar Television	Won
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Barbra Streisand, Glenn Close, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Cis Corman, and Richard Heus	Nominated
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Glenn Close	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Judy Davis	Won
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	Jeff Bleckner	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Special	Alison Cross	Won
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Single Camera Production	Geoffrey Rowland	Nominated
1996	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Television Movie		Won
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television		Nominated
		Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Glenn Close	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Judy Davis	Nominated
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Glenn Close	Nominated
	Writers Guild of America Awards	Original Long Form	Alison Cross	Nominated

Notes

1. Tied with Shirley Knight for Indictment: The McMartin Trial.

References

1. Cammermeyer's website
2. Lisa Tendrich Frank An Encyclopedia of American Women at War: From the Home Front to the battlefields, p. 120, at Google Books
3. "Margarethe Cammermeyer". www.wsna.org. Washington State Nurses Association. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
4. "1995 Artios Awards". Casting Society of America. October 11, 1995. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
5. "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story". Peabody Awards. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
6. "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
7. Johnson, Mark; King, Tamra (February 5, 1996). "GLAAD Announces Nominees and Winners of 1996 Media Awards". GLAAD. Archived from the original on January 23, 2022. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
8. "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story". Golden Globe Awards. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
9. "The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards". Screen Actors Guild Awards. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
10. "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America Awards. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2010.

External links

• Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story at IMDb