TV series

Ellis Island

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

1984★ 5.1 · 10Ended1 seasonDrama

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.

Trailer

Trailer · CBS Special Movie "Ellis Island" November 11, 1984

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Cast

Peter Riegert
as Jacob Rubinstein

Gregory Paul Martin
as Marco Santorelli

Claire Bloom
as Rebecca Weiler

Judi Bowker
as Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell

Kate Burton
as Vanessa Ogden

Joan Greenwood
as Madame Levitska

Ann Jillian
as Nellie Byfield

Lila Kaye
as Kathleen O'Donnell

Stubby Kaye
as Abe Shulman

Alice Krige
as Bridget O'Donnell

Cherie Lunghi
as Una Marbury

Melba Moore
as Flora Mitchum

Crew

Jerry London
Director

Fred Mustard Stewart
Creator

Frank Konigsberg
Executive Producer

Zeljko Marasovich
Original Music Composer

Bernard Gribble
Editor

Patricia Johnson
Associate Producer

Barry Jossen
Associate Producer

Gabriel Katzka
Executive Producer

James Galloway
Editor

Christopher Newman
Teleplay

Fred Mustard Stewart
Teleplay

John Addison
Original Music Composer

Seasons

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Season 1

Episodes: 3