Great Performances (TV Series)
Porgy and Bess: An American Voice (1998)
Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
Nigel Noble |
Cast (in credits order)
Ruby Dee | ... | Self / Narrator | |
Christopher Jones | ... | Young DuBose Heyward | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Maya Angelou | ... | Self | |
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Jonathan Brody | ... | George Gershwin |
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Anne Brown | ... | Bess (archive footage) |
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Bob Bruner | ... | DuBose Heyward (as Robert Bruner) |
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Grace Bumbry | ... | Self |
Cab Calloway | ... | Self / Sportin' Life | |
Kitty Carlisle | ... | Self (as Kitty Carlisle Hart) | |
Diahann Carroll | ... | Self | |
Todd Duncan | ... | Self / Porgy | |
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Simon Estes | ... | Self |
Damon Evans | ... | Self | |
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Martha Flowers | ... | Self |
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Frances Gershwin Godowsky | ... | Self |
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Emy Higgins | ... | Elizabeth Verner O'Neill |
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Darlene Clark Hine | ... | Self |
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Terry Platt | ... | Ira Gershwin |
Leontyne Price | ... | Self / Bess (archive footage) | |
Suzie Steen | ... | Hi-Brow Southerner | |
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Billy Taylor | ... | Self |
William Warfield | ... | Self / Porgy | |
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Willard White | ... | Self / Porgy |
Jim Gooden | ... | Stevedore (uncredited) |
Produced by
Nancy Oey | ... | associate producer |
Jac Venza | ... | executive producer (segment "Great Performances") |
Cinematography by
Dyanna Taylor |
Editing by
Ann Collins |
Production Design by
Emy Higgins |
Set Decoration by
Emy Higgins |
Makeup Department
Joan Shay | ... | hair department head |
Art Department
Edward Donlon | ... | construction coordinator |
Sound Department
John Zecca | ... | sound |
Editorial Department
Jon Fordham | ... | colorist / on-line editor |