The Women of Brewster Place (1989) | Full Cast

Donna Deitch

DIRECTOR

Karen Hall

WRITER

Gloria Naylor

WRITER

Oprah Winfrey

Mattie Michael

Mary Alice

Fannie Michael

Olivia Cole

Miss Sophie

Robin Givens

Kiswana

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

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

Vanessa Bell Armstrong

Gospel Singer

Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard

Brucie

Maya Leonard

Diedre

Phill Lewis

Bottom

Ray Oliver

Cab Driver

Eddie Palmer

Little Basil (age 5)

Bee-Be Smith

Hippolyta

Ebonie Smith

Little Ciel (age 7)

Sheekeena Smith

Girl on Skates

Larenz Tate

Sammy

Geoffrey Thorne

Theseus

Paul Williams

Teenage Guy

Camille Kauer

Ben's daughteruncredited

Shari Belafonte

uncredited

James Vallo

Marineuncredited

Lourdes Reynolds

Spanish speaking patientuncredited