# Buffalo Girls (miniseries)

Buffalo Girls is a 1995 American Western television miniseries adapted from the 1990 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry. Directed by Rod Hardy, it starred Anjelica Huston and Melanie Griffith, with Gabriel Byrne and Peter Coyote. It was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and eleven Primetime Emmy Awards (winning one for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special). This miniseries was first aired on the CBS network over two consecutive nights during the spring of 1995.

## Synopsis

A story of the fading Wild West is told from Calamity Jane's point of view, with overlaid narrative to her eldest daughter about Jane's adventures.

## Cast

* Anjelica Huston as Calamity Jane
* Melanie Griffith as Dora DuFran
* Sam Elliott as Wild Bill Hickok
* Gabriel Byrne as Ted Blue
* Peter Coyote as Buffalo Bill Cody
* Tracey Walter as Jim Ragg
* Jack Palance as Bartle Bone
* Charlayne Woodard as Doosie
* Reba McEntire as Annie Oakley
* Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman as No Ears
* Liev Schreiber as Ogden
* Russell Means as Sitting Bull

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 1995 | Artios Awards | Best Casting for TV Mini-Series | Francine Maisler | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Miniseries | Suzanne de Passe, Sandra Saxon Brice, and Suzanne Coston | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Special | Anjelica Huston | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special | Sam Elliott | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special | Cary White, Michael J. Sullivan, Alistair Kay, and Barbara Haberecht | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special | Van Broughton Ramsey | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Editing for a Miniseries or a Special – Single Camera Production | Richard Bracken | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special | Dorothy D. Fox, Lynda Gurasich, and Michael Kriston | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Makeup for a Miniseries or a Special | Gerald Quist, Todd McIntosh, Del Acevedo, Hallie D'Amore, and Stephen Abrums | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music Composition for a Miniseries or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) | Lee Holdridge (for "Part 1") | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Editing for a Miniseries or a Special | G. Michael Graham, Joe Melody, J. Michael Hooser, Anton Holden, Mike Dickeson, Tim Terusa, Darren Wright, John K. Adams, Bob Costanza, Mark Steele, Gary Macheel, Rusty Tinsley, Richard Steele, Rick Crampton, Billy B. Bell, Tim Chilton, Jill Schachne, and Stan Jones (for "Part 1") | Nominated |
| 1995 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Drama Miniseries or a Special | David Brownlow, Patrick Cyccone Jr., Edward F. Suski, and James G. Williams (for "Part 1") | Won |
| 1996 | Cinema Audio Society Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television – Movie of the Week, Mini-Series or Specials | David Brownlow, Patrick Cyccone Jr., Edward F. Suski, and James G. Williams (for "Part 1") | Nominated |
| 1996 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Melanie Griffith | Nominated |
| 1996 | Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Sam Elliott | Nominated |
| 1996 | Screen Actors Guild Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie | Anjelica Huston | Nominated |