 | Lee Grant | ... | Herself / ... (5 episodes, 1991-2007) |

| Peter Bogdanovich | ... | Himself / ... (4 episodes, 1998-2007) |
 | Richard Schickel | ... | Himself / ... (4 episodes, 1998-2006) |

| Jack Lemmon | ... | Himself (3 episodes, 1989-2000) |
 | Don Hewitt | ... | Himself (3 episodes, 1988-2006) |
 | Bobby Short | ... | Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1990-1997) |

| Eli Wallach | ... | Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1991-2005) |

| Quincy Jones | ... | Himself / ... (3 episodes, 1991-2006) |

| Tony Bennett | ... | Himself (3 episodes, 1993-2007) |
 | Mike Dann | ... | Himself (3 episodes, 1995-2004) |
 | David Thomson | ... | Himself (3 episodes, 1998-2006) |
 | Hugh Downs | ... | Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1996-1997) |

| Carl Reiner | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1996-2007) |
 | Frances Ramsden | ... | Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1989) |
 | Maya Angelou | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1989-2001) |

| Ray Charles | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1991-2007) |

| Carol Burnett | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 2000-2007) |
 | Mark Rydell | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2005-2006) |
 | Ahmet Ertegun | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2007) |

| David Strathairn | ... | Narrator (2 episodes, 1993-1999) |

| Bette Midler | ... | Herself / ... (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |
 | Yoko Ono | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1990-2006) |
 | Colleen Dewhurst | ... | Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1991) |

| Angela Lansbury | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1991-2000) |

| Sidney Poitier | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2000-2001) |
 | Eartha Kitt | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 2005-2006) |
 | Mikhail Baryshnikov | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1996-2006) |

| Harry Belafonte | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1996-2006) |
 | James Naughton | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1989) |

| Jason Robards | ... | Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1991) |

| Clarke Peters | ... | Narrator (2 episodes, 1987-2003) |
 | Michael Feinstein | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1987-1999) |
 | Linda Ronstadt | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1987-1990) |

| Walter Cronkite | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1988-2006) |
 | David Halberstam | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1988-2006) |
 | Bill Moyers | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1988-2006) |
 | Dan Rather | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1988-2006) |

| Barbara Walters | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1988-2006) |
 | Tom Brokaw | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1988-1996) |

| Shelley Winters | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1989-2000) |

| Steve Allen | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1989-1996) |

| Ellen Burstyn | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1989-1991) |

| Paul Newman | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1989-1991) |

| Joanne Woodward | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1989-1991) |
 | Al Hirschfeld | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1991-1998) |
 | Anne Jackson | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 1991) |
 | Claire Bloom | ... | Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1994-2000) |
 | Morley Safer | ... | Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1996-2006) |

| Alan King | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1996-2004) |

| Ossie Davis | ... | Himself / ... (2 episodes, 1996-1999) |
 | John Lahr | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 1996-1997) |

| Gene Hackman | ... | Himself - Actor / ... (2 episodes, 1998-2000) |

| Martin Scorsese | ... | Himself / ... (2 episodes, 2000-2006) |

| Norman Jewison | ... | Himself / ... (2 episodes, 2000-2004) |
 | Walter Bernstein | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2000-2003) |
 | David Geffen | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2003-2007) |
 | Patricia Bosworth | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 2003-2006) |
 | Jacques Pepin | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2003-2004) |
 | Ruth Reichl | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 2003-2004) |
 | Harris Yulin | ... | Narrator (2 episodes, 2004) |
 | Timuel Black | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |

| Mick Jagger | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |
 | B.B. King | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |
 | Keith Richards | ... | Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2007) |

| Whoopi Goldberg | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 2006) |
 | Gloria Steinem | ... | Herself (2 episodes, 2006) |
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| Susan Lacy | .... | executive producer / executive producer: American Masters / ... (43 episodes, 1988-2008) |
| Tamar Hacker | .... | senior producer / senior producer: American Masters / ... (9 episodes, 1996-2000) |
| Julie Sacks | .... | supervising producer / consulting producer / ... (7 episodes, 1988-2008) |
| Karen Bernstein | .... | associate producer: American Masters / associate producer / ... (7 episodes, 1996-2000) |
| Prudence Glass | .... | series producer / producer (6 episodes, 1988-2008) |
| Harlene Freezer | .... | coordinating producer / coordinating producer: American Masters / ... (5 episodes, 1988-1991) |
| Diane Dufault | .... | associate producer / associate producer: American Masters (5 episodes, 1989-1991) |
| Kirk D'Amico | .... | producer / executive producer (4 episodes, 1987-1991) |
| Susan Steinberg | .... | producer / co-producer (3 episodes, 1988-2007) |
| George Feltenstein | .... | executive producer (3 episodes, 2004-2006) |
| Brian McDonald | .... | associate producer / co-producer (3 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Kenneth Bowser | .... | producer (2 episodes, 1989-2006) |
| Jac Venza | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 1989) |
| Catherine Tatge | .... | co-producer / producer (2 episodes, 1991-2006) |
| Dominique Lasseur | .... | co-producer / producer (2 episodes, 1991-1994) |
| Thomas Wagner | .... | co-producer / producer (2 episodes, 1995-2000) |
| Julian Schlossberg | .... | producer (2 episodes, 1996-1999) |
| Michael Epstein | .... | producer (2 episodes, 1998-2007) |
| Calvin Skaggs | .... | executive producer (2 episodes, 1999-2007) |
| Jessica Cohen | .... | co-producer (2 episodes, 2003-2006) |
| Cheryl van Grunsven | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 2004) |
| Gail Levin | .... | producer (2 episodes, 2005-2006) |
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| Felicity Bowring | .... | makeup artist (1 episode, 1995) |
| Karl Wessen | .... | hair stylist (1 episode, 1995) |
| C. Romania Ford | .... | makeup artist: Lena Horne (1 episode, 1996) |
| Kathleen Richards | .... | makeup artist (1 episode, 1997) |
| J. Roy Helland | .... | hair stylist: The Crew Company / makeup artist: The Crew Company (1 episode, 2000) |
| Charlene Roberson | .... | hair stylist: The Crew Company / makeup artist: The Crew Company (1 episode, 2000) |
| David Lawrence | .... | makeup artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Jeffrey Paul | .... | hair stylist / makeup artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Kristen Paynter | .... | makeup artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Michele Rutter | .... | key hair stylist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Amy Tagliamonte | .... | assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Brenda Todd | .... | hair stylist: Ms. Burnett / makeup artist: Ms. Burnett (1 episode, 2007) |
| D. Garen Tolkin | .... | hair stylist / makeup artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Miriam Vukich | .... | hair stylist / makeup artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Daniel Walker | .... | assistant hair stylist / assistant makeup artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Sachi Worrall | .... | hair stylist: Ms. Burnett / makeup artist: Ms. Burnett (1 episode, 2007) |
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| Morgan Sendall | .... | graphic artist (1 episode, 1989) |
| Emily Ferry | .... | property master (1 episode, 1995) |
| Greg Arent | .... | carpenter (1 episode, 1997) |
| Chris Barnabo | .... | carpenter (1 episode, 1997) |
| Bruce Colgate | .... | graphic artist (1 episode, 1997) |
| Geoffrey B. Dean | .... | carpenter (1 episode, 1997) |
| Peter J. Gould | .... | graphic artist (1 episode, 1997) |
| Cynthia Madansky | .... | design services: Parlour (1 episode, 2000) |
| Thomas Robinson | .... | props consultant (1 episode, 2006) |
| Jessica Stiles | .... | props consultant (1 episode, 2006) |
| Andy Warhol | .... | artwork (1 episode, 2006) |
| Eric Epstein | .... | computer graphics (1 episode, 2007) |
| Penny Hardy | .... | designer (1 episode, 2007) |
| Elizabeth McNeil | .... | computer graphics (1 episode, 2007) |
| Brian Santalone | .... | art implementation (1 episode, 2007) |
| Shannon Shelly | .... | designer (1 episode, 2007) |
| John Sicoransa | .... | storyboard artist (1 episode, 2007) |
| Ying Zhou-Hudson | .... | production artist (1 episode, 2007) |
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| Roger Phenix | .... | sound / additional sound (9 episodes, 1989-2006) |
| Mark Mandler | .... | sound recordist / sound mixer / ... (7 episodes, 1996-2007) |
| Peter Waggoner | .... | sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1988-2003) |
| John Zecca | .... | sound / sound recordist (2 episodes, 1991-1996) |
| Ken Hahn | .... | sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 1999-2006) |
| Bob Bryan | .... | sound (2 episodes, 2000-2006) |
| Margaret Crimmins | .... | sound editor / sound editor: Dog Bark Sound Inc. (2 episodes, 2000-2004) |
| Greg Smith | .... | sound editor / sound editor: Dog Bark Sound Inc. (2 episodes, 2000-2004) |
| Eddie Campbell | .... | sound mixer (2 episodes, 2004-2005) |
| Bob Bronow | .... | re-recording mixer / sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2005-2007) |
| Louis Block | .... | sound / sound recordist (2 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Ed Campbell | .... | sound mixer / sound re-recording mixer (2 episodes, 2007) |
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| B.T. Whitehill | .... | title design: American Masters / series title designer / ... (8 episodes, 1988-2007) |
| Jac Venza | .... | director of cultural and arts programs: American Masters / director of cultural and arts programming: American Masters / ... (5 episodes, 1996-2000) |
| Nicole London | .... | production coordinator / series production coordinator (4 episodes, 1988-2007) |
| Dina Hossain | .... | research coordinator: American Masters / production assistant (4 episodes, 1996-2000) |
| Neil Parker | .... | publicist: American Masters (3 episodes, 1996-1997) |
| Tioka Tokedira | .... | production coordinator: American Masters (3 episodes, 1996-1997) |
| Barbara Grandvoinet | .... | production assistant (3 episodes, 2000-2003) |
| Michelle Sullivan | .... | researcher / archival associate producer (3 episodes, 2005-2006) |
| Elizabeth Kosakowska | .... | production assistant / production coordinator (3 episodes, 2007-2008) |
| Joy Birdsong | .... | researcher / senior researcher (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
| Shawn Fornari | .... | production assistant (2 episodes, 1993-1995) |
| Alan Weeks | .... | research coordinator: American Masters (2 episodes, 1996-1997) |
| Michael Warwick | .... | location manager (2 episodes, 1998-2003) |
| Elgin Smith | .... | production assistant / production coordinator / ... (2 episodes, 2000-2007) |
| Joan Cohen | .... | additional researcher / archival researcher (2 episodes, 2000-2004) |
| Margaret Smilov | .... | director of culture and arts documentaries / director of culture and arts documentaries: WNET (2 episodes, 2000) |
| Ben Beshaw | .... | office manager / series office manager (2 episodes, 2007) |
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