The Bishop’s Wife
Movie
1947
Holiday
Fantasy
A debonair angel comes to Earth to help an Episcopalian bishop and his wife in their quest to raise money for the new church.
Cast & Crew
Matt Roush says...
Jennifer Grant joins the monthlong tribute to her movie-star father when she appears as a special guest host with TCM’s Dave Karger to introduce more of his beloved films. The evening kicks off with 1947’s The Bishop’s Wife (later remade with Whitney Houston and Denzel Washington), with Grant as a dapper angel covertly helping a bishop (David Niven) and his wife (Loretta Young) through tough times. Followed by the 1957 romantic classic An Affair to Remember (10/9c) the 1952 family comedy Room for One More (12:15 am/11:15c), co-starring Grant’s third wife, Betsy Drake, and overnight, Penny Serenade, In Name Only and Destination Tokyo.
