John Shea (10/98 A Will of Their Own)
Excerpt from Variety 10/16/98: John Shea | A Will of Their Own
Review: ‘A Will of Their Own’
October 16, 1998 | 12:00AM PT Ray Richmond
Though it tries to cover far too much ground and inevitably bogs down during its second night, this two-part, five-hour NBC mini from David and Mark Wolper is surprisingly entertaining and compelling as it tells the story of some of the 20th century’s great women through the eyes of one family.
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Pretty much all of the men here have a touch of slime in them, including: James MacClaren (Thomas Gibson), Amanda’s first love and father of her child; Dr. Jonathan Abbott (John Shea), Amanda’s anal-retentive husband; and, in part two, the arrogant Pierce Peterson (Eric McCormack), who marries Amanda’s daughter Sarah (Paris Jefferson) to everyone’s great regret.
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Excerpt from Sun Sentinel 10/18/98: John Shea
As Women Gain Rights, Miniseries Falters
October 18, 1998|By TOM JICHA TV/Radio Writer
Program: A Will of Their Own
Stars: Lea Thompson, Ellen Burstyn, Thomas Gibson, Charlotte Ross, John Shea, Eric McCormack.
Airs: Sunday night at 8, Monday night at 9 p.m. on WTVJ-Ch.6 and WPTV-Ch 5.
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Excerpt from Los Angeles Times 10/18/98: John Shea
Twentieth Century Woman
October 18, 1998|SUSAN KING
"A Will of Their Own" dramatizes not only the struggles but also the progress that American women have made during this century.
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Thomas Gibson stars as James, the married photojournalist who is the father of Amanda's daughter and the love of her life. John Shea is Jonathan, the staid doctor Amanda is forced to marry.
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Excerpt from Comicbook Movie 3/26/13: John Shea
Interview with former (possibly future) Lex Luthor John Shea!
By NextHero08 - 3/26/2013
Me: “As far as your current projects, are there any you want to talk about or you want the fans to get to know so you can start getting more people into it?”
John: “Well I got this one card here, I can give you a copy of it, it’s opening this summer. Leah Thompson and I shot in St. Louis many years ago, like 15 years ago and she played my wife in this film called A Will of Their Own, it was a mini-series I think for NBC and it was about the women’s…movement and how the women came to get to vote. It was a historical epic with Faye Dunaway was in it and Ellen Burstyn and all these great people and…I played her husband. So, we became friends and many years later, like two years ago, she was asked to star in a film called The Trouble with the Truth and then director asked her who she wanted to star opposite of and she said John Shea.
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