Touched by an Angel
- Roma Downey: Monica
- Della Reese: Tess
- John Dye Andrew (1996-2003)
- Valerie Bertinelli: Gloria (2001-2003)
Touched by an Angel ( U.S. Title: Touched By An Angel) is an American television series that was produced in nine seasons in the period between 1994 and 2003. A total of 212 episodes emerged.
Action
Monica, Tess, and Andrew are angels who were sent by God to earth in order to help people in trouble and distress.
Their path leads through all the U.S. states, and it comes to encounters with different personalities. The goal of the angels is clear, however; the people of God's love to report.
Background
The television series, created by John Masius, in the United States was a great success. Elf Emmy nominations and three Golden Globe nominations, to name just a few film awards, were the result of many years of shooting.
Spin-off
The angels learn on their travels and the family know Greene, whose father Russell Greene (Gerald McRaney ) is. The Greenes appear in several episodes of the series. Scriptwriter Martha Williamson decided to produce a stand-alone series. From 1996 Promised Land was produced. Thus, the 36th episode is a new beginning from season three at the same time the pilot episode of Promised Land.
Others
- John Masius ' original script was much darker than it was finally shown in the series. This Tess was a chain-smoking angel Monica frequently went to her throat.
- First posters for the comedy film Dogma contained the slogan " Get ' touched ' by an Angel ". CBS complained against this reference to the original title of the series.
Voice Actors
Guest Stars
- Muhammad Ali
- Maya Angelou
- Joan Van Ark
- Scott Bairstow
- Daniel Baldwin
- Ed Begley, Jr.
- Jack Black
- Ernest Borgnine
- Bruce Boxleitner
- Carol Burnett
- Delta Burke
- Kirk Cameron
- Gabrielle Carteris
- Diahann Carroll
- Charlotte Church
- Natalie Cole
- Bill Cosby ( the Angel of Harmony )
- Céline Dion
- Kevin Dobson
- Patrick Duffy
- Olympia Dukakis
- Patty Duke
- Charles Durning
- Kirsten Dunst
- Morgan Fairchild
- Estelle Getty
- Melissa Gilbert
- Erica Gimpel
- Neil Patrick Harris
- Gregory Harrison
- Alyson Hannigan
- Malcolm -Jamal Warner
- Melissa Joan Hart
- Faith Hill
- Wynonna Judd
- Stacy Keach
- John de Lancie
- Angela Lansbury
- Piper Laurie
- Cloris Leachman (as Ruth, an angel )
- Tara Lipinski
- Jonathan Lipnicki
- Hudson Leick (as Celeste, an angel in season three)
- James Marsden (as Jimmy Marsden )
- Rue McClanahan
- Paul McCrane
- Gerald McRaney (as Russell Greene)
- Keb 'Mo' (as Issac, the Angel of Music )
- Rita Moreno
- Jennifer Morrison
- The boy band * NSYNC
- Edward James Olmos
- Emily Osment
- Rosa Parks
- Robert Pastorelli
- Mandy Patinkin (as Satan)
- Austin Pendleton
- Zachary Quinto
- Phylicia Rashad
- John Ritter
- Doris Roberts
- Kenny Rogers (as Denny )
- Marion Ross
- Olesya Rulin
- David Selby (as Abraham Lincoln)
- Charlie Schlatter
- John Schneider
- Dwight Schultz
- Ivan Sergei
- Ted Shackelford
- Charles Shaughnessy
- David Ogden Stiers (as Satan)
- Randy Travis
- Concetta Tomei
- Brenda Vaccaro (as Al, an angel in season two)
- Luther Vandross
- Jessica Walter
- Mare Winningham
- Evan Rachel Wood
- CeCe Winans
- Jade Villalon
- Stephanie Zimbalist