Love Among the Ruins is a 1975 British television film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Sir Laurence Olivier. It first aired on ABC-TV, in the U.S. Set in Edwardian England, Love Among the Ruins tells the story of Jessica Medlicott , an aging grande dame of the London theatre. When Medlicott is accused by a young man of seducing and then abandoning him, she retains the services of the greatest barrister in Britain , who turns out to be a former suitor still in love with her. The show took home several Emmy Awards, including Hepburn and Olivier for Outstanding... Performance, and Cukor for Outstanding Directing.
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| On the air: | March 6, 1975 |
| Writers: | James Costigan |