Buffalo Girls (miniseries) explained

Genre:	Western
Director:	Rod Hardy
Executive Producer:	Suzanne de Passe
Music:	Lee Holdridge
Cinematography:	David Connell
Editor:	Richard Bracken
Network:	CBS
Runtime:	180 minutes
Language:	English

Buffalo Girls is a 1995 American Western television miniseries adapted from the 1990 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Directed by Rod Hardy, it starred Anjelica Huston and Melanie Griffith, with Gabriel Byrne and Peter Coyote. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and eleven Primetime Emmy Awards (winning one for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special). This miniseries was first aired on the CBS network over two consecutive nights during the spring of 1995.^[1]

Synopsis

A story of the fading Wild West is told from Calamity Jane's point of view, with overlaid narrative to her eldest daughter about Jane's adventures.

Cast

• Anjelica Huston as Calamity Jane
• Melanie Griffith as Dora DuFran
• Sam Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
• Gabriel Byrne as Ted Blue
• Peter Coyote as Buffalo Bill Cody
• Tracey Walter as Jim Ragg
• Jack Palance as Bartle Bone
• Charlayne Woodard as Doosie^[2]
• Reba McEntire as Annie Oakley
• Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman as No Ears
• Liev Schreiber as Ogden
• Russell Means as Sitting Bull

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
	Artios Awards	Best Casting for TV Mini-Series	Francine Maisler		^[3]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Miniseries	Suzanne de Passe, Sandra Saxon Brice, and Suzanne Coston		^[4]
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Anjelica Huston
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Sam Elliott
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special	Cary White, Michael J. Sullivan, Alistair Kay, and Barbara Haberecht
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special	Van Broughton Ramsey
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Single Camera Production	Richard Bracken
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special	Dorothy D. Fox, Lynda Gurasich, and Michael Kriston
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special	Gerald Quist, Todd McIntosh, Del Acevedo, Hallie D'Amore, and Stephen Abrums
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore)
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special	G. Michael Graham, Joe Melody, J. Michael Hooser, Anton Holden, Mike Dickeson, Tim Terusa, Darren Wright, John K. Adams, Bob Costanza, Mark Steele, Gary Macheel, Rusty Tinsley, Richard Steele, Rick Crampton, Billy B. Bell, Tim Chilton, Jill Schachne, and Stan Jones
		Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special	David Brownlow, Patrick Cyccone Jr., Edward F. Suski, and James G. Williams
	Cinema Audio Society Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Movie of the Week, Mini-Series or Specials			^[5]
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Melanie Griffith		^[6]
		Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Sam Elliott
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Anjelica Huston		^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Buffalo Girls . TV Tango . . .
2. Web site: IMDb. Buffalo Girls Full Credits: Cast.
3. Web site: 1995 Artios Awards . . October 11, 1995 . October 20, 2023.
4. Web site: Buffalo Girls . . October 20, 2023.
5. Web site: Nominees/Winners . . May 5, 2019.
6. Web site: Buffalo Girls . . October 20, 2023.
7. Web site: The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . . October 20, 2023.