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The Marva Collins Story

Peter Levin

1981 • 1h 40m

Cicely Tyson was Emmy-nominated as Outstanding Actress for her portrait of a Chicago schoolteacher whose remarkable achievements with black children labelled "unteachable" were spotlighted in a 1979 "...

The Marva Collins Story

Preview Clip: The Marva Collins Story (1981, Cicely Tyson, Morgan Freeman, Rodrick F. Wimberly)

Cast

Cicely Tyson

Cicely TysonMarva Collins

Morgan Freeman

Morgan FreemanClarence Collins

Rodrick F. WimberlyMartin Luther Jones (as Roderick Wimberly)

Mashaune HardyCindy Collins

Brett BouldinPatrick Collins

Samuel Muhammad Jr.Eric Collins

Dianne KirkseyCynthia Rawls

Steven Williams

Steven WilliamsMcCloud

Frankie HillIda Banbower

Charlie BrownChester Boland

Marsha Warfield

Marsha WarfieldLela Boland

Ce Ce ThompsonLouise Jones

Jimmie F. Skaggs

Jimmie F. SkaggsZay Smith

Mike Genovese

Mike GenoveseMardesich

Kelly CrosbyTina Boland

Crew

Richard B. Lewis

Richard B. LewisArt Direction

Fred Karlin

Fred KarlinOriginal Music Composer

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