The Women of Brewster Place (1989)

6.8/10 • 178 min • Drama History

Overview

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

Lynn Whitfield

Ciel

Paul Winfield

Sam Michael

William Allen Young

Eugene

Cicely Tyson

Mrs. Browne

Bruce Beatty

Crony

Clark Johnson

Butch Fuller

Eugene Lee

Basil

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