White Mama (1980)
- Director(s):
- Jackie Cooper
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Bette Davis is White Mama in this custom-made TV movie. Ms. Davis plays a poverty-stricken widow who is too proud to go on welfare. Aware that she can receive a steady income if she takes in a foster child, Davis becomes surrogate mother to tough black teenager Ernest Harden Jr. The relationship is shaky at best in the beginning, but soon foster mother and foster "child" learn to love, respect and trust one another. Originally telecast March 3, 1980, White Mama garnered an Emmy nomination for Bette Davis. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Dan Mason - Father Gannon
- Ernest Harden Jr. - B.T. Williamson
- Virginia Capers - Gorilla Sydney
- Eileen Heckart - Three Bag Lady
- Anne Ramsey - Heavy Charm
- Lurene Tuttle - Mrs. McIntyre
- Maggie Gwinn - Waitress
- Peg Shirley - Judge Alice Quentin
- Bette Davis - Adele Malone
- Tony Burton - Black Fighter
- Jesse D. Goins - Intern
- Ernie Hudson - Counsellor
- Robert Ruth - Superintendent
- Vincent Schiavelli - Medic
- Roger Hampton - Man in Alley
- John Hancock - Tall Black Man
- Director(s):
- Jackie Cooper
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