The Women of Brewster Place
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Phill Lewis
Douglas Turner Ward
Ray Oliver
Veronica Redd
Paula Kelly
Eugene Lee
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A miniseries about the intertwining stories of seven black women who live in a tenement on a street named Brewster Place. Over the course of several decades, each, in her own way, struggles to overcome crushing poverty and the devastation of dreams and hopes that have gone unfulfilled. Ultimately, the women seek to regain control of their lives, and several triumph over the hardships that life has brought them.
Cast
Phill Lewis
Douglas Turner Ward
Ray Oliver
Veronica Redd
Paula Kelly
Eugene Lee
Glenn Plummer
Lynn Whitfield
Robin Givens
Samm Art Williams
Barbara Montgomery
Leon Robinson
Geoffrey Thorne
Paul Williams
Sheeneeka Smith
Bebe Drake
William Allen Young
Roxanne Reese
Paul Ford
Molly Mcclure
Homeselle Joy
Bee-be Smith
Paul H. Williams
Vivian Bonnell
Olivia Cole
Larenz Tate
Mary Alice
Jackée Harry
Vanessa Bell Armstrong
Charles Weldon
Adrian Ricard
Oprah Winfrey
Edwina Moore
Maya Leonard
Paul Winfield
Montrose Hagins
William Frankfather
Ebonie Smith
Cicely Tyson
Ta-tanisha
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Clark Johnson
Lonette Mckee
Jonathan Leonard
Eddie Palmer
Moses Gunn
Bruce Beatty
Crew
Teri Abastado
Kokayi Ampah
Albert Aquino
Ed Arter
Shay Austin
Barbara Black
Barbara Black
Barbara Black
Brad Blake
Nandi Bowe
Ramona Broomer
Reuben Cannon
John F Carney
Lisa Citron
Debra Combs
Don Davis
Danielle Elaine
Michael Endler
Susan Mina Eschelbach
Robert D. Fish
Marie Flenoury
Johnny Foam
Ruby Ford
Michael E Gain
Ron Gertz
Paul D Goldman
Beatha Grey
Alexander Gruszynski
Alexander Gruszynski
Karen Hall
Cheryl Hauer
Ruth Honegger
Richard Huston
Aloma Ichinose
Carole Isenberg
Gerald I Isenberg
Ernest Johnson
Eileen Mack Knight
Mark Kusy
Artis Lane
Deb Lefaive
Erma Levin
Fran Lucci
Jerrold L Ludwig
Alan Macrae
Robert Maisto
Albert Malvaez
Patricia K. Meyer
Rhona Meyers
Lesia Miller
Gloria Naylor
Cheri Paul
Daniel Peredes
Ken Perris
James Perry
Daniel Pershing
Tim Pershing
Greg Rachal
Dory Raheb
Danny Reader
Scott Readwine
Patrick Reddish
John S Reynolds
Bill Rizzo
Cecilia Rodarte
Patrice Rushen
Martin Schaer
Todd Schneider
David Shire
Diana C Smith
Eddie Bo Smith
F. Laini Thompson
Judy Torres
Shirley A Walker
Harriett Wheeler
Dwight Williams
Russell Williams
Oprah Winfrey
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
"The Women of Brewster Place" is the winner of the 1989 Image Award for Best Episode in a Drama Series, Miniseries or Television Movie.
Oprah Winfrey is the winner of the 1989 Image Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series, Miniseries or Television Movie.
Aired in United States March 19, 1989
Aired in United States March 20, 1989
Released in United States on Video June 1989
Completed shooting April 1988.
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Phylicia Rashad and Debbie Allen were originally cast in the telefilm but had to withdraw due to other commitments.
