After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to produce another television version. The new script hewed closer to the traditional tale, although nearly all of the original songs were retained and performed in their original settings. Added to the Rodgers and Hammerstein score was "Loneliness of Evening", which had been composed for South Pacific but not used.

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Cast

Lesley Ann Warren

Cinderella

Stuart Damon

Prince

Ginger Rogers

Queen

Walter Pidgeon

King

Celeste Holm

Fairy Godmother

Jo Van Fleet

Stepmother

Pat Carroll

Prunella

Barbara Ruick

Esmerelda

Joe E. Marks

Aide

Bill Lee

Father

Francesca Bellini

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