8. The Women of Brewster Place
This TV miniseries appeared in 1989 on ABC and was based on the 1982 novel by Gloria Naylor. The series was about a group of women's lives leading up to and in Brewster Place, an urban housing complex. Cicely played Mrs. Browne, the disappointed mother of Melanie (Robin Givens), who decides to change her name and separate from the well-off background of her family in order to become closer to her African roots. The miniseries became such a hit that a short-lived TV show came out of it.
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