Stanley & Iris

Stanley & Iris

104 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 9, 1990

An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.

Stanley & Iris

104 mins | Drama, Romance | Feb. 9, 1990

Stanley & Iris
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, she takes on trying to teach him to read in her kitchen each night.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Star Partners II Ltd.
Original title Stanley & Iris
Directors Susanna David, Kay Chapin, Martin Ritt
Writers Pat Barker, Harriet Frank Jr., Irving Ravetch

Cast

Jane Fonda

as Iris Estelle King

Robert De Niro

as Stanley Everett Cox

Swoosie Kurtz

as Sharon

Martha Plimpton

as Kelly King

Feodor Chaliapin Jr.

as Leonides Cox

Zohra Lampert

as Elaine

Loretta Devine

as Bertha

Kathy Kinney

as Bernice

Harley Cross

as Richard King

Julie Garfield

as Belinda

Karen Ludwig

as Melissa

Dortha Duckworth

as Librarian

Stephen Root

as Mr. Hentley

Eddie Jones

as Mr. Hagen

Mary Testa

as Joanne

Fred J. Scollay

as Mr. Delancey