First Aired: 19811 Season

Elvis and The Beauty Queen

“He was "The King." She was Miss Tennessee. Her love inspired him... but couldn't protect him from the drugs that would destroy him!”

Series Overview

Don Johnson stars as Elvis Presley in this made-for-TV true story about The King's love affair with Linda Thompson (Stephanie Zimbalist), a young beauty pageant contestant who was his live-in girlfriend and traveling companion for the last four years of his life. The story begins with their first meeting and traces their years together when Thompson tried to keep Presley off drugs in the last years of his career.

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1 Season • 1 Episodes

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1981 – Present

Premiered: Sun, Mar 1, 1981

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Creative Production Team

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Aired: Sun, Mar 1, 1981

Season 1, Episode 1: “Elvis and The Beauty Queen”

After separating from his wife Priscilla in February 1972, Elvis Presley begins a love affair with Linda Thompson, a young beauty pageant contestant who became his live-in girlfriend and travelling companion for four of the last five years of his life.