A Woman of Independent Means (1995)
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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.
- Director
- Robert Greenwald
- Writers
- Elizabeth Forsythe-Hailey, Cindy Myers
Sally Field
Bess Alcott Steed Garner
Sheila McCarthy
Totsie
Ann Hearn
Lydia
Pam Dougherty
Second Jessamine Sister
J
Jessica Drake
Pregnant Woman
Andrea Roth
Eleanor, as an adult
Andrew Lowery
Drew, as an adult
Brenda Fricker
Mother Steed
Lawrence Monoson
Walter Burton
Charles Durning
Andrew Alcott
Tony Goldwyn
Robert Steed
Ron Silver
Arthur
