One hour television documentary about the life and career of singer Natalie Cole which originally aired on Lifetime Television in 1998 as part of its "Intimate Portrait" series. Includes interviews with Natale Cole, Tony Bennett, Quincy Jones, Phil Ramone, David Foster, Chaka Khan, Luther Vandross, Maria Cole, Dan Cleary and narrated by Patrick Stewart.

Natalie Cole

Meredith Vieira

Teri Garr

Star Jones

Barbara Mandrell

Leeza Gibbons

Iman

Andie MacDowell

Mia Farrow

Tanya Tucker

Faith Ford

Viewers will learn that there's more to actress and author Fran Drescher than her nasal Queens accent when you see Intimate Portrait: Fran Drescher. The film documents Drescher's rise to stardom with roles in Saturday Night Fever and This is Spinal Tap, and discusses the creation of The Nanny, the television series that she and husband Peter Marc Jacobson produced. Her parents, manager, high school drama teacher, and good friend Dan Aykroyd, praise her as an ambitious woman who followed her dreams and came out on top. A poignant moment in the film is Drescher's candid account of being raped at gunpoint in 1985--the horrific experience that sent her to live with Aykroyd and his wife, Donna Dixon, who narrates this Intimate Portrait tribute. Read more about the comedienne's life in her 1996 autobiography, Enter Whining.

Fran Drescher

Doris Duke

Della Reese

Eleanor Roosevelt

Marilu Henner

Amy Irving

Josephine Baker

Oksana Baiul

Ingrid Bergman

Melissa Etheridge

Bella Abzug

Jane Alexander

Joan Rivers

Bette Davis

Olympia Dukakis

Lindsay Wagner

Dr. Laura Schlessinger

Donna Reed

Agnes Nixon

Stefanie Powers

Mae West

Sarah Brady

Margot Kidder

Carolyn McCarthy

Jessica Tandy

Ally Sheedy

Barbara Taylor Bradford

Betty Friedan

Cheryl Ladd

Jacqueline Susann

Jean Harlow

Jessica Savitch

Tyne Daly

Kelly Preston

Laura Dern

Linda Ellerbee

Loni Anderson

Michele Lee

Pam Grier

Natalie Merchant

Claudia Schiffer

Intimate Portrait is a biographical television series on the Lifetime Television cable network focusing on different celebrities, which includes interviews with each subject.

Among the people profiled were Grace Kelly, Natalie Wood, Carly Simon, Jackie Kennedy, Katharine Hepburn, Carol Burnett, Tanya Tucker, and Marla Maples.

Intimate Portrait Season 5 Episode 50: Natalie Cole

Natalie Cole

Seasons12

Season 5 Episodes52

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