The Farmer's Daughter (TV series)

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The Farmer's Daughter is an American situation comedy series that was produced by Screen Gems Television and aired on ABC from September 20, 1963 to September 1966. It also enjoyed a brief run in syndication when it aired on CBN Cable in the 1980s.

In its first season, the series was nominated for four Emmy Awards in 1964, for Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actress in a Series (Stevens), Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy, Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Comedy and Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy or Variety.

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The series, which was based on the RKO 1947 motion picture of the same name, starred Inger Stevens as Katy Holstrum, a young Minnesota woman who becomes the housekeeper for widowed Congressman Glen Morley (played by William Windom). Glen also had two sons, Steve (age 14 at the time of its premiere), played by Mickey Sholdar, and Danny (age 8 at the time of its premiere), played by Rory O'Brien. Cathleen Nesbitt played the Congressman's mother, Agatha Morley. In the last episode of the 2nd season, Katy and Glen were engaged. Katy and Glen were married on Monday, November 1, 1965 in a ceremony and reception, which was attended by 300 invited guests. In the last episode of the series, Katy would adopt Glen's sons.

William Windom, the actor, is the great-grandson of William Windom who represented Minnesota in both the House of Representatives and Senate in the 19th Century.