Mary White (film)

Mary White
Genre	Drama
Written by	Teleplay by Caryl Ledner based on biographical material by William Allen White
Directed by	Jud Taylor
Starring	Ed Flanders Fionnula Flanagan Kathleen Beller
Music by	Leonard Rosenman
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Terence Nelson Robert B. Radnitz
Cinematography	Bill Butler
Editor(s)	Fred A. Chulack
Running time	102 minutes
Production company(s)	Radnitz/Mattel Productions
Distributor	ABC
Release
Original network	ABC
Original release	November 18, 1977

Mary White is a 1977 made-for-TV period biographical movie directed by Jud Taylor about American newspaper editor and author William Allen White (played by Ed Flanders) and his teenage daughter Mary (played by Kathleen Beller), who died at age 16 in a horseback riding accident. The film is based on the true story of White's daughter Mary Katherine, who died in 1921 and was the subject of a well-known eulogy written by her father.

Caryl Ledner won the Emmy Award ® for Best Teleplay, Movie-For-Television, in the 1977-78 season. The film often appeared on television in the 1980s, and is now on DVD.

In Emporia, Kansas, in the late 1910s and early 1920s, Mary Katherine White, a teenage girl, comes of age. Having grown up in wealth and privilege, as a result she meets famous people of the day. In 1921, at age 16, she dies in a riding accident. Her story is recounted in flashback style by her father, a famous editor, author and publisher.

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