Queenie
Queenie is a 1987 ABC miniseries based on the eponymous 1985 novel by writer and producer Michael Korda. Winston Beard (a pseudonym for James Goldman) and April Smith adapted the novel for television, with Larry Peerce directing.
Plot
Queenie Kelley (Oberon had been known earlier in life as "Queenie O'Brien" and "Queenie Thompson") is an extremely beautiful girl of Indian and Irish descent, fair enough to pass for white. Growing up in Calcutta, however, Queenie is made all too aware of her "chee-chee" (mixed) background by her enemies, specifically wealthy Prunella Rumsey.
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More details
author | James Goldman |
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director | Larry Peerce |
editor | Eric A. Sears Michael Ripps |
genre | drama |
keywords | beautiful girl calcutta complicated relationships england grow up true identity |
musicBy | Georges Delerue |
producer | John Cutts |
productionCompany | ABC Studios |
publisher | ABC |
theme | films à clef race and ethnicity romantic drama |