The Women of Brewster Place

2h 58m
DramaHistory
6.6

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Cast

Oprah Winfrey
Mattie Michael
Mary Alice
Fannie Michael
Olivia Cole
Miss Sophie
Robin Givens
Kiswana / Melanie Browne
Moses Gunn
Ben
Paula Kelly
Theresa
Lonette McKee
Lorraine
Barbara Montgomery
Miss Eva Turner
Phyllis Yvonne Stickney
Cora Lee
Leon
Abshu
Cicely Tyson
Unknown, Mrs. Browne
Lynn Whitfield
Ciel
Paul Winfield
Sam Michael
William Allen Young
Eugene
Bruce Beatty
Crony
William Frankfather
Judge
Clark Johnson
Butch Fuller
Homeselle Joy
Betina
Eugene Lee
Basil
Bebe Drake
Cleo
Glenn Plummer
C.C. Baker
Roxanne Reese
Alfreda
Douglas Turner Ward
Reverend Woods
Samm-Art Williams
Cecil Garvin
Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard
Brucie
Maya Leonard
Diedre
Phill Lewis
Bottom
Bee-Be Smith
Hippolyta
Larenz Tate
Sammy
Geoffrey Thorne
Theseus

Crew

Donna Deitch
Director
Karen Hall
Teleplay
Gloria Naylor
Novel
Alexander Gruszynski
Director of Photography
Carole Isenberg
Executive Producer
Oprah Winfrey
Executive Producer
Reuben Cannon
Producer
Patricia K. Meyer
Producer
Barbara Black
Line Producer
David Shire
Original Music Composer

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