Miss Rose White is a television film adaptation by Anna Sandor of the 1985 Barbara Lebow play A Shayna Maidel, starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992. The production received five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie (Amanda Plummer), as well as the Humanitas Prize in the 90-minute category.
Synopsis Rose White is a modern young career woman in post-World War II New York City who has largely relegated her Jewish heritage to scrapbooks and memories. Born in Poland but fortunate enough to escape the country before the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust wiped out her family, Rose is stunned to learn her older sister, Lusia, somehow survived the horror and is coming to America. The sisters' reunion is complicated by Lusia's memories of her struggles to survive and the revelation of past family secrets.
Cast Kyra Sedgwick as Reyzel Weiss / Rose White Amanda Plummer as Lusia Weiss Maximilian Schell as Mordecai Weiss Maureen Stapleton as Tanta Perla Penny Fuller as Miss Kate Ryan D. B. Sweeney as Dan McKay Gina Gershon as Angie Milton Selzer as Shimon
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref. Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Made for Television Movie Marian Rees, Andrea Baynes, Francine Lefrak & Anne Hopkins Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special Maximilian Schell Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special Penny Fuller Amanda Plummer Maureen Stapleton Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special Joseph Sargent Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Miniseries or a Special Anna Sandor Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special Fred Harpman & Robert Checchi Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special Kees Van Oostrum Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special Terry Baliel Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials Joseph Sargent Golden Globe Awards Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Kyra Sedgwick Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Amanda Plummer Humanitas Prize 90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television Anna Sandor Writers Guild of America Awards Adapted Long Form
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