Mrs. Santa Claus

Mrs. Santa Claus
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Genre
  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Fantasy
Written byMark Saltzman
Directed byTerry Hughes
StarringAngela Lansbury
Charles Durning
Michael Jeter
Terrence Mann
Lynsey Bartilson
David Norona
Music byJerry Herman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerDavid Shaw
ProducersJ. Boyce Harman Jr.
Eric Ellenbogen
CinematographyStephen M. Katz
EditorStan Cole
Running time90 minutes
Production companiesHallmark Entertainment
Corymore Productions
Budget$11,000,000 [1]
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseDecember 8, 1996 (1996-12-08)
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Mrs. Santa Claus is a 1996 American made-for-television musical fantasy comedy film directed by Terry Hughes, with a score by Jerry Herman, starring Angela Lansbury in the title role.

First broadcast as a Hallmark Entertainment presentation on CBS on December 8, 1996,[2] the film was billed as the first original musical written for television since Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella in 1957.