The Women of Brewster Place
6.8(21) 1989-03-19 178 minDramaHistory
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
Original Music ComposerDavid Shire
ProducerPatricia K. Meyer
DirectorDonna Deitch
ProducerReuben Cannon
Cast & characters
Oprah Winfrey
as Mattie Michael
Mary Alice
as Fannie Michael
Olivia Cole
as Miss Sophie
Robin Givens
as Kiswana / Melanie Browne
Moses Gunn
as Ben
Paula Kelly
as Theresa
Lonette McKee
as Lorraine
Barbara Montgomery
as Miss Eva Turner
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
as Cora Lee
Leon
as Abshu
Cicely Tyson
as —
Lynn Whitfield
as Ciel
Paul Winfield
as Sam Michael
William Allen Young
as Eugene
Cicely Tyson
as Mrs. Browne
Bruce Beatty
as Crony
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William Frankfather
as Judge
Clark Johnson
as Butch Fuller
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Homeselle Joy
as Betina
Eugene Lee
as Basil
Bebe Drake
as Cleo
Glenn Plummer
as C.C. Baker
Roxanne Reese
as Alfreda
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Douglas Turner Ward
as Reverend Woods
