The Women of Brewster Place

The Women of Brewster Place
1989DramaHistory178 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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

  • Donna Deitch

    Director

  • Gloria Naylor

    Novel

  • Karen Hall

    Teleplay

  • Alexander Gruszynski

    Director of Photography

  • 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

  • Lynn Whitfield

    Ciel

  • Paul Winfield

    Sam Michael

  • William Allen Young

    Eugene

  • Cicely Tyson

    Mrs. Browne

  • 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

    • Runtime

    178 minutes

    Released

    1989-03-19

    Languages

    English

    Sound

  • David Shire

    Original Music Composer

    • Updated

    19 days ago

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