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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.
Writer | Gavin Lambert |
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Director | Anthony Page |
Actor | Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ |
Country | United States of America |
Production | Lorimar Telepictures |