American Masters

She “climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.” Watch it now.

“What's the world for you if you can't make it up the way you want it?”

"I wanted to be an operatic tenor," said Carl Reiner in a PBS interview. "I lack one thing. Two things actually."

The versatile Puerto Rican actor's work on stage and screen took the world by storm. Now streaming for a limited time.

Raúl Juliá wasn’t just an actor; he was also a singer, an activist, and a loving father.

His conclusion was that "...even if you win, you don't win."

The story of the author of one of the most influential American novels of the 20th century and biggest bestsellers of all time.

This month, we are releasing a large selection of films for you to stream and enjoy.

Her extravagant look, outrageous wit, and supreme self confidence made her someone who many drag queens have wanted to imitate.

Gertrude Ederle (1905-2003), at age 15, became the first woman to swim the length of New York Bay and, in 1924, won three medals at the Paris Olympics.

Here are five videos from PBS of Willie Nelson performing some of his most famous songs.

"The first time I saw this image of Miles Davis with blood flowing down his suit and shirt I couldn't believe it," said director Stanley Nelson.

Watch it now for a very limited time.