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White Mama is a film of genre Drama directed by Jackie Cooper released in USA on 5 march 1980 with Bette Davis
White Mama (1980)
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Add to a movie listWhite Mama is a 1980 television film drama directed by Jackie Cooper and adapted from the novel of the same name by Robert C. S. Downs.
It stars Bette Davis in the title role, with Ernest Harden Jr., Eileen Heckart, Virginia Capers, Anne Ramsey, Lurene Tuttle and Vincent Schiavelli.
Davis portrays Adele Malone, a poor, elderly woman living in a ghetto who befriends a young African American man played by Harden. He offers her protection while she assumes the role of a mother to him.
For her performance, Davis was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie.
Actors
Bette Davis
(Estelle Malone)
Eileen Heckart
(Three Bag Lady)
Virginia Capers
(Gorilla Sydney)
Anne Ramsey
(Heavy Charm)
Lurene Tuttle
(Mrs. McIntyre)
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