The Mother (The Philco Television Playhouse)

"**The Mother**"
"The Mother"
The Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 6; Episode 14
Written by	Paddy Chayefsky
Original air date	April 4, 1954
Guest appearances
	Cathleen Nesbitt ; Maureen Stapleton ; Faye Emerson ;
	List of episodes

Last updated September 24, 2025

"The Mother" is an episode of the TV anthology series The Philco Television Playhouse .

The episode was highly acclaimed critically.^[1]

References

↑ TAD MOSEL (December 10, 1989). "In Search of the Untouched Moments of Life: Paddy Chayefsky knew that while the stage demands excitement, TV calls for smaller stories. Untouched Moments Chayefsky worked alone with a dictionary for company". New York Times. p. H7.

External links

"The Mother" at IMDb

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[1] TAD MOSEL (December 10, 1989). "In Search of the Untouched Moments of Life: Paddy Chayefsky knew that while the stage demands excitement, TV calls for smaller stories. Untouched Moments Chayefsky worked alone with a dictionary for company". New York Times. p. H7.

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v t e Works by Paddy Chayefsky
Films written	The True Glory (1945) As Young as You Feel (1951) Marty (1955) The Bachelor Party (1957) The Goddess (1958) Middle of the Night (1959) The Americanization of Emily (1964) Paint Your Wagon (1969) The Hospital (1971) Network (1976) Altered States (1980)
Television plays	"Holiday Song" (1952) "Printer's Measure" (1953) "Marty" (1953) "The Bachelor Party" (1953) "The Sixth Year" (1953) "The Mother" (1954) "The Catered Affair" (1955) "The Great American Hoax" (1956)
Plays	The Tenth Man (1959) Gideon (1961) The Passion of Josef D. (1964) The Latent Heterosexual (1968)

"The Mother"
The Philco Television Playhouse episode
Episode no.	Season 6 Episode 14
Written by	Paddy Chayefsky
Original air date	April 4, 1954 (1954-04-04)
Guest appearances
Cathleen Nesbitt Maureen Stapleton Faye Emerson
List of episodes