Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story explained

Genre:	Biography Drama
Director:	Jeff Bleckner
Starring:	Glenn Close Judy Davis Jan Rubeš Wendy Makkena Susan Barnes
Theme Music Composer:	David Shire
Country:	United States
Language:	English
Executive Producer:	Glenn Close Cis Corman Neil Meron Barbra Streisand Craig Zadan
Producer:	Richard Heus
Location:	Vancouver
Editor:	Geoffrey Rowland
Cinematography:	Glen MacPherson
Runtime:	91 minutes
Company:	Barwood Films Storyline Productions Trillium Productions TriStar Television
Network:	NBC

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story is a 1995 American television film that aired on NBC on February 6, 1995 and stars Glenn Close and Judy Davis.

Plot

The film recounts the events in the life of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer which led to her retirement^[1] from the Washington National Guard under the U.S. military's gay exclusion policy.^{[2] [3]}

Cast

Actor	Role
	Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer
	Diane Divelbess
	Far
	Mary Newcombe
Susan Barnes	Capt. Kern
	Matt
	Andy
	Lynette
	Vet

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
	Artios Awards	Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week	Valorie Massalas		^[4]
	Peabody Awards		NBC, Barwood Films Ltd., Story Line Productions Inc., and Trillium Productions Inc., in association with TriStar Television		^[5]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Barbra Streisand, Glenn Close, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Cis Corman, and Richard Heus		^[6]
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Glenn Close
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Judy Davis
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	Jeff Bleckner
		Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries or a Special	Alison Cross
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Single Camera Production	Geoffrey Rowland
	GLAAD Media Awards	Outstanding Television Movie			^[7]
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television			^[8]
		Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Glenn Close
		Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Judy Davis
	Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Glenn Close		^[9]
	Writers Guild of America Awards	Original Long Form	Alison Cross		^[10]

Notes and References

1. http://www.cammermeyer.com Cammermeyer's website
2. Lisa Tendrich Frank
3. Web site: Margarethe Cammermeyer . www.wsna.org . . October 10, 2018 . en.
4. Web site: 1995 Artios Awards . . October 11, 1995 . October 20, 2023.
5. Web site: Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story . . October 20, 2023.
6. Web site: Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story . . October 20, 2023.
7. Web site: Johnson . Mark . King . Tamra . GLAAD Announces Nominees and Winners of 1996 Media Awards . . March 5, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220123151645/http://www.qrd.org/qrd/orgs/GLAAD/general.information/1996/media.awards.nominees.and.winners-02.05.96 . January 23, 2022 . February 5, 1996 . live.
8. Web site: Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story . . October 20, 2023.
9. Web site: The 2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards . . October 20, 2023.
10. Web site: Awards Winners . . https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 . December 5, 2012 . June 6, 2010.