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11/11/1984 Drama 2h 20m
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THE DREAM WAS AMERICA AND THE DOOR TO THE DREAM WAS ELLIS ISLAND.

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.

Top billed cast

  1. Peter Riegert

    Jacob Rubinstein

  2. Gregory Paul Martin

    Marco Santorelli

  3. Claire Bloom

    Rebecca Weiler

  4. Judi Bowker

    Georgiana "Georgie" O'Donnell

  5. Kate Burton

    Vanessa Ogden

  6. Joan Greenwood

    Madame Levitska

  7. Ann Jillian

    Nellie Byfield

  8. Lila Kaye

    Kathleen O'Donnell

  9. Stubby Kaye

    Abe Shulman

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1984 | 3 Episodes

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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Ellis Island

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