Grace and Frankie is about the unlikely friendship between two women – who have known each other for decades, but never really liked each other – after their husbands elope and they’re forced to live with one another.
Together, they start a business, which has various ups and downs. Series 7 opens with Robert and Sol (their ex-husbands) moving in with Grace and Frankie, leaving all four of them living together.
Jane Fonda plays Grace, a former cosmetics mogul. Fonda is best known for films like Klute, Coming Home, and They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? She’s also a long-term political activist, famously protesting the Vietnam war, and more recently leading a number of climate protests.
Lily Tomlin plays Frankie, a retired art teacher. You might recognise Tomlin from the films Nashville, 9 to 5, and Tea with Mussolini, or the television series The West Wing. She was also the voice of Miss Frizzle in The Magic School Bus.
Martin Sheen plays Robert, former husband of Grace. Sheen is best known for playing President Bartlet in The West Wing, as well as for appearing in the film Apocalypse Now.
Sam Waterston plays Sol, former husband of Frankie. Waterston is best known for playing Jack McCoy in Law and Order, a role he recently reprised, as well as appearing in films Nixon and The Killing Fields. Waterston also recently appeared in The Dropout.
Who writes and directs Grace and Frankie?
Grace and Frankie was created by Marta Kauffman and Howard J. Morris. Kauffman, who was one of the creators of Friends, writes and directs a number of episodes of Grace and Frankie series 7.
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