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The Women of Brewster Place

Year:

1989

Duration:

200 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Donna Deitch

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1989-03-19

Cast

Actor

Character

Ebonie Smith

Oprah Winfrey

Mattie Michael

Mary Alice

Fannie Michael

Olivia Cole

Miss Sophie

Robin Givens

Kiswana / Melanie Browne

Moses Gunn

Ben

Jackée Harry

Etta Mae Johnson

Paula Kelly

Theresa

Leon

Abshu

Lonette McKee

Lorraine

Barbara Montgomery

Miss Eva Turner

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Cora Lee

Lynn Whitfield

Ciel

Paul Winfield

Sam Michael

William Allen Young

Eugene

Cicely Tyson

Mrs. Browne

Bruce Beatty

Crony

Vivian Bonnell

Black Woman

William Frankfather

Judge

Montrose Hagins

Mourner

Jinaki

Tenant #3

Clark Johnson

Butch Fuller

Homeselle Joy

Betina

Eugene Lee

Basil

Bebe Drake

Cleo (as Bebe Drake-Massey)

Molly McClure

White Woman

Glenn Plummer

C.C. Baker

Veronica Redd

Tenant #2

Roxanne Reese

Alfreda

Adrian Ricard

Tenant #4

Ta-Tanisha

Tenant #1

Douglas Turner Ward

Reverend Woods

Charles Weldon

Tenant #5

Samm-Art Williams

Cecil Garvin (as Samm Art Williams)

Vanessa Bell Armstrong

Gospel Singer

Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard

Brucie

Maya Leonard

Diedre

Phill Lewis

Bottom

Ray Oliver

Cab Driver (as Raymond Oliver)

Eddie Palmer

Little Basil (age 5)

Bee-Be Smith

Hippolyta

Sheekeena Smith

Girl on Skates

Larenz Tate

Sammy

Geoffrey Thorne

Theseus

Paul Williams

Teenage Guy

Shari Belafonte

(uncredited)

James Vallo

Marine (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The city and state that Brewster Place is in is never mentioned.

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Mike Tyson: a street gang member (he's the one wearing the cap and sunglasses).

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Lynn Whitfield is 7 months older than Oprah Winfrey and 3 years older than Jackee although they are much older than her in the film.

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Goofs

When Theresa is throwing the meatloaf ingredients at Miss Sophie's window, we see her hold up a jar of olives and its liquid. But when she throws it at the window and it shatters, there is no liquid shown.

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During the second tenant meeting, Olivia Cole is not wearing her age makeup.

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The length of Theresa's cigarette when she tells Lorraine that she has decided not to go to the party at the night club. This happens at the same time that the block party is going on outside.

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Quotes

Mattie Michael: [Etta Mae flirtatiously accepts an invitation to dance] Woman, you better stay here and act your age.

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Mattie Michael: Ain't that the story. Colored folks try to do a little something, somebody come along and throw up a wall.

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Etta Mae: [re babies] All yours. Built-in heartache for the next twenty years!

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