Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.
Credits
Elvis and the Beauty Queen Cast
Name |
Character |
Don Johnson
He was 31, now 74 years old
|
as Elvis Presley |
Stephanie Zimbalist
She was 24, now 68 years old
|
as Linda Thompson |
John Ashton
He was 33, now 76 years old
|
as Jake |
Ruta Lee
She was 44, now 88 years old
|
as Su-Su |
Ann Wedgeworth
She was 47, 83 years old when she died
|
as Aunt Betty |
John Crawford
He was 60, 90 years old when he died
|
as Vernon Presley |
Richard Herd
He was 48, now 92 years old
|
as Thompson |
Darrell Fetty
He was 32, now 76 years old
|
as Pete Moore |
Jay W. MacIntosh
She was 43, now 87 years old
|
as Mrs. Thompson |
Gary Lee Davis
He was 36, 53 years old when he died
|
as Ray |
Rick Lenz
He was 41, now 85 years old
|
as David Briggs (as Richard Lenz) |
Bobbi Jordan
She was 43, 75 years old when she died
|
as Pregnant Woman |
Ann Dusenberry
She was 28, now 72 years old
|
as Jeannie |
Elvis and the Beauty Queen Crew