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Roots: The Gift (TV Movie 1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In December 1988, ABC aired a two-hour made-for-TV movie: Roots: The Gift. Based on characters from the book, it starred LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, Avery Brooks as Cletus Moyer, Kate Mulgrew as Hattie Carraway, and Tim Russ as house slave Marcellus (all four actors later became prominent as leading actors in the Star Trek franchise).
- Alex Haley
- 1976
Aug 23, 2024 · Mission: Impossible, Roots, Rich Man. Lynda Louise Day George (born December 11, 1944) is an American television and film actress whose career spanned three decades from the 1960s to the 1980s. She was a cast member on Mission: Impossible (1971–1973). She was also the wife of actor Christopher George.
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Marcellus. Michael Edwards. Gentleman #1. Debra Perry. Slave Girl (uncredited) Robert Goldman. Horseman (uncredited) Tina Andrews. Aurelia (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nov 6, 2013 · By ABC News. November 6, 2013, 9:50 AM. LeVar Burton in "Roots," January 1977. ABC. Nov. 7, 2013 -- intro: Thirty-six years after "Roots" made history, capturing a record 37 Emmy nominations, as ...
Roots. (1977 miniseries) Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley 's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of enslavement in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights. A critical and ratings success over the course of its run ...
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1. Kate Mulgrew. Actress. Producer. Writer. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001) Katherine Kiernan Mulgrew, or Kate Mulgrew, was born on April 29, 1955. She grew up in Dubuque, Iowa, the second oldest child (and oldest girl) in a large Irish Catholic family. When Kate expressed an interest in acting as a child, her mother, Joan, encouraged her to ...
