A Woman of Independent Means

A Woman of Independent Means
Based on	A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
Written by	Cindy Myers
Directed by	Robert Greenwald
Starring	Sally Field Charles Durning Brenda Fricker Sheila McCarthy Ron Silver
Music by	Laura Karpman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Sally Field Preston Fischer
Producers	Robert Greenwald Steven P. Saeta
Cinematography	Steven Shaw
Editor	Éva Gárdos
Running time	316 minutes
Production companies	Fogwood Films Robert Greenwald Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	February 19 (1995-02-19) – February 20, 1995 (1995-02-20)

A Woman of Independent Means is a 1995 American two-part television miniseries starring Sally Field. Sally Field also producer. Field was nominated for Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Awards. The series was also nominated in the category Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special and won Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special in 1995. The miniseries originally aired in two parts on NBC on February 19 and 20, 1995.

The miniseries was based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey.

Cast

• Sally Field as Bess Alcott Steed Garner
• Charles Durning as Andrew Alcott
• Brenda Fricker as Mother Steed
• Sheila McCarthy as Totsie
• Ron Silver as Arthur
• Tony Goldwyn as Robert Steed
• John Slattery as Dwight
• Lawrence Monoson as Walter Burton

External links

• A Woman of Independent Means at IMDb