Playing the Kennedys
A Woman Named Jackie
- TV Show
When NBC airs A Woman Named Jackie this week, it will add several new faces to an already-crowded Kennedy TV portrait gallery that began with William Devane’s memorable performance in 1973’s The Missiles of October. Variously boyish or patrician, brooding or optimistic, aristocratic or all-American, the tele-JFKs have found a few common touchstones: the air-chopping hand gestures, the high Boston accent (”You cahn’t ahsk Cahstro faw nucleah ahms”), and, of course, the hair. On this page are the actors who tried to evoke the JFK spirit (along with a few Bobbys and Jackies).
Jackies
Jacklyn Smith
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
Least-Striking Resemblance
Blair Brown
Kennedy (1983)
Most-Striking Resemblance
Francesca Annis
Onassis: The Richest Man in the World (1988)
Worst Hair (Female)
Bobbys
Martin Sheen
The Missiles of October (1973)
Shortest
Cotter Smith
Blood Feud (1983)
Toughest
Brad Davis
Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)
Least-Likely Casting
Jacks
William Devane
The Missiles of October (1973)
Most Intense
Martin Sheen
Kennedy (1983)
Best Accent, Best Oratory
Paul Rudd
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye (1977)
Youngest; Worst Hair (Male)
Randy Quaid
Saturday Night Live (1985)
Meanest
James Franciscus
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy (1981)
Tannest, Most Forgettable
Cliff DeYoung
Robert Kennedy and His Times (1985)
Most Electable-Looking
Mike Farrell
JFK: A One-Man Show (1984)
Best Hair (Male)
Steven Weber
The Kennedys of Massachusetts (1990)
Blondest
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