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A Woman of Independent Means

A Woman of Independent Means

1995·TV series·1 season · 3 episodes

Drama

10.0 / 10 (2 votes)

Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, things do not work out as she expects. Her husband dies of influenza, and she finds that she must pick up and carry along with her life. She proves to be a strong, committed, and loving individual who attracts new loves into her life and finds that she can take good care of the old ones. Despite further tragedy in losing her oldest son, and a second marriage that is not all that she expects it to be she continues to survive as independently as she has discovered the courage to do so.

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Original language
English
First aired
19 February 1995

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Cast

  • Sally Field

    Sally Field

    Bess Alcott Steed Garner

  • Sheila McCarthy

    Sheila McCarthy

    Totsie

  • Ann Hearn

    Ann Hearn

    Lydia

  • Pam Dougherty

    Pam Dougherty

    Second Jessamine Sister

  • JD

    Jessica Drake

    Pregnant Woman

  • Andrea Roth

    Andrea Roth

    Eleanor, as an adult

  • Andrew Lowery

    Andrew Lowery

    Drew, as an adult

  • Brenda Fricker

    Brenda Fricker

    Mother Steed

  • Lawrence Monoson

    Lawrence Monoson

    Walter Burton

  • Charles Durning

    Charles Durning

    Andrew Alcott

  • Tony Goldwyn

    Tony Goldwyn

    Robert Steed

  • Ron Silver

    Ron Silver

    Arthur