The Flying Nun

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The Flying Nun is a 1960s American sitcom about a novice nun in Puerto Rico whose lightweight frame and winged habit enable her to literally fly, famously starring Sally Field.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf television series
audioFormat monophonic sound
authorOfSourceMaterial Tere Ríos NERFINISHED
basedOn The Fifteenth Pelican NERFINISHED
causeOfAbility lightweight frame and winged habit
character Carlos Ramirez NERFINISHED
Mother Superior Placido NERFINISHED
Sister Bertrille NERFINISHED
Sister Jacqueline NERFINISHED
composer Dominic Frontiere NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
distributor Screen Gems NERFINISHED
endYear 1970
executiveProducer Harry Ackerman NERFINISHED
fictionalSetting Convent San Tanco NERFINISHED
filmingLocation Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California
firstAired 1967-09-07
genre sitcom
hasFormat half-hour television episode
hasSubject Catholic nuns in popular culture
religion and comedy in television
lastAired 1970-04-03
leadActorRole Sally Field as Sister Bertrille NERFINISHED
mainCharacterAbility ability to fly
notableFor early starring role of Sally Field
premise of a nun who can literally fly
numberOfEpisodes 82
numberOfSeasons 3
openingTheme The Flying Nun theme
originalChannel American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
originalRunEra 1960s American television
pictureFormat black-and-white (season 1)
color (seasons 2–3)
producer Bernard Slade NERFINISHED
productionCompany Screen Gems NERFINISHED
settingLocation San Juan, Puerto Rico NERFINISHED
starring Alejandro Rey NERFINISHED
Madeleine Sherwood NERFINISHED
Marge Redmond NERFINISHED
Sally Field NERFINISHED
Shelley Morrison NERFINISHED
startYear 1967
themeMusicComposer Dominic Frontiere NERFINISHED
timePeriod late 1960s

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Sally Field notableWork The Flying Nun
Cäcilie Lvovsky notableWork The Flying Nun
this entity surface form: The Flying Nun (TV series)
Lou Antonio notableWork The Flying Nun