Second Serve
Drama
TV Movie
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.
1986-01-01
en
Cast
Director
Anthony Page
Vanessa Redgrave as Renee Richards
Martin Balsam as Dr. Beck
William Russ as Josh
Alice Krige as Gwen
Louise Fletcher as Dr. Sadie M. Bishop
Kerrie Keane as Meriam
Richard Venture as Dr. David Bradley
Reni Santoni as Dr. Roberto Granato
Jeff Corey as Dr. Harry Benjamin
Alan Feinstein as Bill
Nina van Pallandt as Danielle
Michael Cavanaugh as Gene Scott
Kenneth Tigar as Ross
Alison La Placa as Nightclub Singer
Mews Small as Navy Wife
Whit Hertford as Renee
Keri Houlihan as Mike
Bunny Summers as Mrs. Crockett
Camila Ashland as Mrs. Brady
Santos Morales as Spanish Police Chief
James Ingersoll as Dale
Logan Carter as Female Impersonator