Ellis Island
THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.
Premiered: Nov 11, 1984 | 1 seasons | 3 episodes
Popularity: 1
| Creator: | Fred Mustard Stewart |
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| Ellis Island is a television miniseries broadcast in three parts in 1984 on the CBS television network. The screenplay was co-written by Fred Mustard Stewart, adapted from his 1983 novel of the same title. The series tells the story of several immigrants from the late 1800s until the early 1910s, trying to achieve the American Dream and arriving on Ellis Island, hoping for a better life. Ellis Island highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War I, and many of the characters are based on real persons, such as Irving Berlin. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Kate Burton | Vanessa Ogden | 3 |
| Peter Riegert | Jacob Rubinstein | 3 |
| Alice Krige | Bridget O'Donnell | 3 |
| Joan Greenwood | Madame Levitska | 3 |
| Cherie Lunghi | Una Marbury | 3 |
| Richard Burton | Sen. Phipps Ogden | 3 |
| Claire Bloom | Rebecca Weiler | 3 |
| Emma Samms | Violet Weiler | 3 |
| Judi Bowker | Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell | 3 |
| Michael Byrne | Dr. Carl Travers | 3 |
| Milo O’Shea | Casey O'Donnell | 3 |
| Faye Dunaway | Maud Charteris | 3 |
| Ben Vereen | Roscoe Haines | 3 |
| Stubby Kaye | Abe Shulman | 3 |
| Ann Jillian | Nellie Byfield | 3 |
| Lila Kaye | Kathleen O'Donnell | 3 |
| Melba Moore | Flora Mitchum | 3 |
| Gregory Paul Martin | Marco Santorelli | 3 |