In the aftermath of the terrible Civil War which has devastated the South, Amanda America Dixon returns home to find she has become the sole heir to a vast cotton plantation. But the dreadful secret which has blighted her life threatens to deprive her of the birthright which her beloved father David had struggled for so long to create. Raised by her father and grandmother to be the perfect white Southern Belle, Amanda's true mother was a black slave Julia. Confronted with the forces of greed and bigotry, Amanda has to face not only the hatred of a racist world, but the complex truth of a family whose lives have been built on a lie.
Credits
A House Divided Cast
Name |
Character |
Jennifer Beals
She was 36, now 61 years old
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as Amanda Dickson |
Craig Eldridge
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as Judge Cottner |
Sam Waterston
He was 59, now 84 years old
|
as David Dickson |
Tim Daly
He was 44, now 68 years old
|
as Charles Dubose |
Ron Payne
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as Jury Foreman |
Adrian Hough
|
as Lt. Brooks |
LisaGay Hamilton
She was 36, now 60 years old
|
as Julia |
Sean McCann
He was 64, 83 years old when he died
|
as Rutherford |
Gerard Parkes
He was 64, 78 years old when he died
|
as Judge Stevens |
Shirley Douglas
She was 66, now 90 years old
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as Elizabeth Dickson |
Alison Sealy-Smith
She was 41, now 65 years old
|
as Ruth |
Colin Fox
He was 61, now 86 years old
|
as Doctor Lovick |
Joey Naber
|
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Paul Essiembre
He was 47, now 71 years old
|
as Hotel Clerk |
Johann Benét
|
as Joshua (uncredited) |
Karen Kennedy
|
as Matron |
A House Divided Crew