Law & Order Formerly Famous (Season 12, Episode 6)
TV-14
TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Law & Order

Formerly Famous (Season 12, Episode 6)

TV-14

TV Episode | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Briscoe and Green suspect that a washed-up former Vegas lounge singer may be connected to his wife's murder. But they also discover that his wife had a history as a con artist.

Director

Richard Dobbs

Writers

Dick Wolf (created by) | Wendy Battles (written by) | Marc Guggenheim (written by)

Casting Director

Suzanne Ryan

Production Designer

Robert Thayer

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Edit Released

Updated Nov 7, 2001

Release date

Nov 7, 2001 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 6 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 44 wins & 207 nominations

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32 cast members

Name	Known for
Jerry Orbach Detective Lennie Briscoe Detective Lennie Briscoe See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
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