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The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place, Oprah Winfrey, Jackee, Lynn Whitfield, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Paula Kelly, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Cicely Tyson, Robin Givens, Lonette McKee
Original title
The Women of Brewster Place
director
Donna Deitch
year
1989
Cast
Oprah Winfrey, Jackee, Lynn Whitfield, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, Paula Kelly, Mary Alice, Olivia Cole, Cicely Tyson, Robin Givens, Lonette McKee
country
GB, US
genre
drama
plot
Oprah Winfrey is triumphant in Gloria Naylor's portrait of ghetto life in the 1960s. Etta Mae: Jackee. Ciel: Lynn Whitfield. Kiswana: Robin Givens. Mrs. Browne: Cicely Tyson. Sam: Paul Winfield. Cora Lee: Phyllis Yvonne Stickney. Fannie: Mary Alice. Miss Sophie: Olivia Cole. Miss Eva: Barbara Montgomery. Ben: Moses Gunn. Directed by Donna Dietch.