The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter is a 1947 movie which tells the story of a small-town girl from Minnesota who moves to Washington, DC to work as a housekeeper for her local Congressman. Taken with her political savvy, the Congressman falls in love with her. It stars Loretta Young, Joseph Cotten, Ethel Barrymore[?], Agatha Morley[?], Charles Bickford[?], Rose Hobart, Lex Barker[?], Keith Andes[?] and James Arness[?].

The movie was adapted by Allen Rivkin[?] and Laura Kerr[?] from the play Juhani Tervapää, by Hella Wuolijoki[?]. It was directed by H.C. Potter[?].

It won the Academy Award for Best Actress (Loretta Young) and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Charles Bickford).

The movie was based on a a Finnish language movie, Juurakon Hulda.

In 1963, a television series version was produced, starring Inger Stevens[?], Cathleen Nesbitt[?] and William Windom.