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Turner Classic Movies, Friday, Dec. 14, 2:45 p.m.
Katherine Hepburn won her third Oscar (in a tie with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl) playing Eleanor of Aquitaine, the scheming estranged wife of King Henry II (Peter O’Toole).
At Christmas 1183, court wrangling over who is be heir to the throne – Eleanor wants their oldest son Richard the Lionheart and Henry wants their youngest, John (names you may recall from various versions of Robin Hood) – leads to dramatic and occasionally snide speeches, dungeon imprisonments and inappropriate couplings.
