Miss Rose White
Miss Rose White is a television film adaptation of the 1985 Barbara Lebow play, A Shayna Maidel, starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992. The production received five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie (Amanda Plummer), as well as the Humanitas Prize in the 90 minute category.[1]
| Miss Rose White | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Created by | Barbara Lebow (play) |
| Written by | Anna Sandor (teleplay) |
| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Starring | Kyra Sedgwick Amanda Plummer D. B. Sweeney Penny Fuller Milton Selzer Maureen Stapleton |
| Theme music composer | Billy Goldenberg |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Marian Rees Francine Lefrak (co-executive producer) Andrea Baynes (co-executive producer) |
| Producer(s) | Anne Hopkins Carl Clifford (line producer) |
| Production location(s) | Richmond, Virginia |
| Cinematography | Kees Van Oostrum |
| Editor(s) | Corky Ehlers |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hallmark Hall of Fame Lorimar Television (Warner Bros. Television) Marian Rees Associates |
| Distributor | NBC Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | April 26, 1992 |
Synopsis
Rose White (Sedgwick) is a modern young career woman in post-World War II New York City who has largely relegated her Jewish heritage to scrapbooks and memories. Born in Poland but fortunate enough to escape the country before the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust wiped out her family, she is stunned to learn her older sister somehow survived the horror and is coming to America. The sisters' reunion is complicated by Lusia's (Amanda Plummer) memories of her struggles to survive and the revelation of past family secrets.
Cast
- Maureen Stapleton – Tanta Perla
- Kyra Sedgwick – Reyzel Weiss/Rose White
- Maximilian Schell – Mordecai Weiss
- Amanda Plummer – Lusia
- Penny Fuller – Miss Kate Ryan
- D. B. Sweeney – Dan McKay
- Gina Gershon – Angie
- Milton Selzer – Uncle Shimon
References
- Roberts, Jerry (2009). Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors. Scarecrow Press. p. 668. ISBN 0810861380.