Ellis Island
tv show
3 total episodes
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1 seasons
THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.
First Aired November 11, 1984
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Overview
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.
Cast
Peter Riegert
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Jacob Rubinstein
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Gregory Paul Martin
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Marco Santorelli
Claire Bloom
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Rebecca Weiler
Judi Bowker
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Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell
Kate Burton
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Vanessa Ogden
Joan Greenwood
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Madame Levitska
Ann Jillian
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Nellie Byfield
Lila Kaye
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Kathleen O'Donnell
Stubby Kaye
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Abe Shulman
Alice Krige
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Bridget O'Donnell
Cherie Lunghi
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Una Marbury
Melba Moore
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Flora Mitchum
Crew
Jack Hildyard
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Director of Photography
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Dudley Lovell
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Director of Photography
Ennio Guarnieri
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Director of Photography
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Fred Mustard Stewart
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Creator
Jerry London
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Director
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Bernard Gribble
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Editor
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James Galloway
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Editor
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John J. Dumas
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Editor
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Nick Gillott
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Producer
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Frank Konigsberg
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Executive Producer
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Patricia Johnson
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Associate Producer
Barry Jossen
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Associate Producer