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“THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.”

Ellis Island (1984)

First aired November 11, 19842h 20m/ep1 season · 3 epsEnded
4.6

9 votes

Drama

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.

Created By

Fred Mustard Stewart

Top Billed Cast

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

Jacob Rubinstein

Gregory Paul Martin

Gregory Paul Martin

Marco Santorelli

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Rebecca Weiler

Judi Bowker

Judi Bowker

Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell

Kate Burton

Kate Burton

Vanessa Ogden

Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Madame Levitska

Ann Jillian

Ann Jillian

Nellie Byfield

Lila Kaye

Lila Kaye

Kathleen O'Donnell

Stubby Kaye

Stubby Kaye

Abe Shulman

Alice Krige

Alice Krige

Bridget O'Donnell

Cherie Lunghi

Cherie Lunghi

Una Marbury

Melba Moore

Melba Moore

Flora Mitchum

Milo O'Shea

Milo O'Shea

Casey O'Donnell

Emma Samms

Emma Samms

Violet Weiler

Ben Vereen

Ben Vereen

Roscoe Haines

Faye Dunaway

Faye Dunaway

Maud Charteris

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

English

Type

Scripted

Last Air Date

November 14, 1984

Networks

CBS

Production

Vista FilmsTelepictures

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