Ruby Bridges 26 years old

The true story of Ruby Bridges, an African-American girl who, in 1960 at age 6, helped to integrate the all-white schools of New Orleans. Although she was the only black girl to come to the school she was sent to, (and since all the white mothers pulled their children out of class, she was the only one there, period), and though she faced a crowd of angry white citizens every day, she emerged unscathed, physically or emotionally. Encouraged by her teacher, a white woman from the North named Barbara Henry, and her mother, Lucille, and with her own quiet strength, she eventually broke down a century-old barrier forever, a pivotal moment in the civil-rights movement

Credits

Kevin Pollak as Dr. Robert Coles

Michael Beach as Abon Bridges

Diana Scarwid as Miss Woodmere

Penelope Ann Miller as Barbara Henry

Lela Rochon as Lucielle 'Lucy' Bridges

Peter Francis James as Dr. Broyard

Ruby Bridges Cast

Name	Character
Kevin Pollak He was 40, now 67 years old	as Dr. Robert Coles
Michael Beach He was 34, now 61 years old	as Abon Bridges
Diana Scarwid She was 42, now 69 years old	as Miss Woodmere
Penelope Ann Miller She was 34, now 60 years old	as Barbara Henry
Lela Rochon She was 33, now 60 years old	as Lucielle 'Lucy' Bridges
Peter Francis James He was 41, now 68 years old	as Dr. Broyard
Jean Louisa Kelly She was 25, now 52 years old	as Jane Coles
Patrika Darbo She was 49, now 76 years old	as Miss Spencer
Chaz Monet	as Ruby Nell Bridges

Ruby Bridges Crew

Name	Department
Toni Ann Johnson as Writer. She was 29 (now 56) years old	Writing
Euzhan Palcy as Director. She was 40 (now 66) years old	Directing

Ruby Bridges (26 years)

Release day: Sunday, January 18, 1998
Runtime: 96 minutes