For almost 60 years, the Hallmark Hall of Fame has featured a who's-who of
the world's finest actors, including Glenn Close, Hume Cronyn, Bette Davis,
Faye Dunaway, Morgan Freeman, James Garner, John Gielgud, Alec
Guiness, Julie Harris, Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Angela Lansbury, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, Jessica Tandy, James Woods, and
Joanne Woodward.

One out of every four Academy Award winners in acting categories has appeared in a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation.

Over the past 50+ years, the Hallmark Hall of Fame has brought both classic and contemporary literature to the television screen. Adaptations based on works by authors and playwrights such as Willa Cather, William Faulkner, John Grisham, Graham Greene, Arthur Miller, Rosamunde Pilcher, William Shakespeare, George Bernard Shaw, John Steinbeck, Anne Tyler, August Wilson and Lanford Wilson are a regular staple of the rich Hallmark Hall of Fame tradition.