Little Mo (film)


Little Mo is a 1978 American made-for-television biographical film telling the life story of Maureen Connolly, the 1950s American tennis player who was the first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same calendar year, before an accident ended her tennis career at age 19. It stars Glynnis O'Connor, Michael Learned, Anne Baxter, Mark Harmon and Leslie Nielsen.

Cast

Main cast

It is strongly implied that Connolly's dramatic Wimbledon match versus Britain's Sue Partridge was the first singles match that Connolly played that year at the 1952 Wimbledon tournament. It was actually a fourth-round match.
The final scene, in which Connolly and her former coach are dramatically reunited at a public tennis court near the end of Connolly's life, never occurred.