Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale (1985)
This updated version of Cinderella is set in the New York of the 1980s. A very young Kyra Sedgwick stars as Cindy Eller, a shy and awkward teenager burdened with a seemingly insensitive stepmother and two attractive, trendy, and overbearing stepsisters (one of whom is played by Jennifer Grey!). Yearning to attend an upcoming dance with handsome classmate Greg Prince (Grant Show), Cindy receives assistance from an unlikely "fairy godmother" in the form of an all-knowing Central Park "bag lady" named Martha (Pearl Bailey, who won an Emmy Award for her performance). And in the process, our heroine comes to realize that her "new" mother and sisters aren't really so bad after all. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Kyra Sedgwick, Pearl Bailey, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lee Grant
Synopsis of Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
This updated version of Cinderella is set in the New York of the 1980s. A very young Kyra Sedgwick stars as Cindy Eller, a shy and awkward teenager burdened with a seemingly insensitive stepmother and two attractive, trendy, and overbearing stepsisters (one of whom is played by Jennifer Grey!). Yearning to attend an upcoming dance with handsome classmate Greg Prince (Grant Show), Cindy receives assistance from an unlikely "fairy godmother" in the form of an all-knowing Central Park "bag lady" named Martha (Pearl Bailey, who won an Emmy Award for her performance). And in the process, our heroine comes to realize that her "new" mother and sisters aren't really so bad after all. ~ Rovi
Complete Cast of Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
- Kyra Sedgwick - Cindy Eller
- Melanie Mayron - Janet Eller
- Jennifer Grey - Laura Eller
- Grant Show - Greg Prince
- Grant Show
- Pearl Bailey - Martha Dermody
- Kelly Wolf - Liza Eller
- Stephen Keep - Mr. Eller
- Sylvia Miles - Sweet Susie
- Director(s):
- Lee Grant
- Writer(s):
- Jeffrey Kindley
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