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Ellis Island

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

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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 byFred Mustard Stewart

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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
November 11, 1984
Last aired
November 14, 1984
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Network
CBS

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

Jacob Rubinstein

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

Creative team
Created by
Fred Mustard Stewart
Fred Mustard Stewart
Showrunner
Gabriel Katzka
Frank Konigsberg
Produced by
Nick Gillott

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