White Mama

White Mama

105 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 5, 1980

A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually beneficial relationship: he provides her companionship and protection, and she becomes the mother he never had.

White Mama

105 mins | Drama, TV Movie | March 5, 1980

White Mama
A poor, elderly white woman living in a tenement in a black ghetto is befriended by a neighborhood boy, and the two of them form a mutually beneficial relationship: he provides her companionship and protection, and she becomes the mother he never had.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Tomorrow Entertainment Inc.
Original title White Mama
Directors Jackie Cooper
Writers Robert C.S. Downs

Cast

Bette Davis

as Estelle Malone

Ernest Harden Jr.

as B.T. Williamson

Eileen Heckart

as Three Bag Lady

Virginia Capers

as Gorilla Sydney

Anne Ramsey

as Heavy Charm

Lurene Tuttle

as Mrs. McIntyre

Tony Burton

as Black Fighter

Peg Shirley

as Judge Alice Quentin

Ernie Hudson

as Counsellor

Dan Mason

as Father Gannon

Cheryl Harvey

as Probation Woman

Jesse D. Goins

as Intern

John Hancock

as Tall Black Man

Lanyard A. Williams

as Young Man

Eddie Quillan

as Old White Man

Tracy Fine

as Candy Striper

Maggie Gwinn

as Waitress

Roger Hampton

as Man in Alley

Robert Ruth

as Superintendent