The Portrait
Genre	Drama
Based on	Painting Churches by Tina Howe
Screenplay by	Lynn Roth
Directed by	Arthur Penn
Starring	Gregory Peck Lauren Bacall Cecilia Peck
Music by	Cynthia Millar
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Robert Greenwald Gregory Peck Carla Singer
Producers	Philip K. Kleinbart Scott U. Adam Linda Berman David Haugland Richard Schmiechen
Production location	Raleigh, North Carolina
Cinematography	Richard Quinlan
Editor	Janet Bartels-Vandagriff
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Turner Pictures
Original release
Network	TNT
Release	February 13, 1993 (1993-02-13)

The Portrait is a 1993 American made-for-television drama film adapted from the play Painting Churches, directed by Arthur Penn, and starring Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall. Cecilia Peck, who plays the daughter in the film, is the real-life daughter of actor Gregory Peck and his second wife Veronique Peck.^[1] The film was broadcast on TNT on February 13, 1993.^[2]

Plot

Artist Margaret Church returns to her parents home to create a portrait of them. Margaret is shocked to discover that her parents have decided to sell their home, and she has trouble accepting the loss of her childhood home. Margaret finishes her portrait, only to believe that her parents dislike it. Eventually she realizes that her parents do not dislike her portrait, and Margaret becomes closer to them once more.

Cast

• Gregory Peck as Gardner Church
• Lauren Bacall as Fanny Church
• Cecilia Peck as Margaret Church
• Paul McCrane as Bartel
• Donna Mitchell as Marissa Pindar
• Joyce O'Connor as Samantha Button
• Mitchell Laurance as Ted Button
• William Prince as Hubert Hayden
• Richard K. Olsen as Doctor