Emma: Queen of the South Seas
tv show

4 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired November 14, 1988
Overview
Based on the life of Emma Eliza Coe, known as the "Queen of the South Seas", whose strength and cunning staved off the colonial struggle involving the United States, Great Britain, and Germany while she built her own empire. Emma’s father, the first consul in Samoa, taught his daughter at an early age the bitter truth about the fickleness of men.
Season 1
4 episodes
Air Date
November 14, 1988
Overview
The story of Emma Eliza Coe, who in the second half of the nineteenth century she was known as the "Queen of the South Seas". Being the daughter of Samoan princess and Jonas Coe, the first American consul in Samoa, she inherited a large fortune. She maintained intimate relationships with key personalities Europe and America. Despite the "wild" character she could to win over people, showing great talent and practical skills. The story of Emma takes place in the wild and primitive New Guinea, in San Francisco in 1860, in the White House, in the palace of the Emperor Wilhelm in Berlin and in the luxurious Monte Carlo. Fascinating adventure, wild passions, lust for power, political intrigues, but also love.
Cast

Barbara Carrera
as
Emma Coe

Hal Holbrook
as
Jonas Coe

Steve Bisley
as
Captain Tom Farrell

Gerard Kennedy
as
Captain Rabardy

Ron Haddrick
as
Reverend Brown

Thaao Penghlis
as
Albert Steinberger

Barry Quin
as
The Hon. W. H. Lyttelton

Rebecca Rigg
as
Phebe Coe Parkinson

June Salter
as
Mrs. Dr. Lane

E.G. Marshall
as
President Ulysses S. Grant

Nathaniel Lees
as
King Malietoa Laupepa I

Bob Baines
as
Mr. Keegan