Miss Rose White

Miss Rose White is a television film adaptation by Anna Sandor of the 1985 Barbara Lebow play A Shayna Maidel, starring Kyra Sedgwick. It first aired on April 26, 1992. The production received five Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Television Movie and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Television Movie (Amanda Plummer), as well as the Humanitas Prize in the 90-minute category.^[1]

Miss Rose White
Genre	Drama
Created by	Barbara Lebow (play)
Teleplay by	Anna Sandor
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Kyra Sedgwick Amanda Plummer Maximilian Schell D. B. Sweeney Penny Fuller Milton Selzer Maureen Stapleton
Theme music composer	Billy Goldenberg
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Marian Rees
Producer	Anne Hopkins
Production location	Richmond, Virginia
Cinematography	Kees Van Oostrum
Editor	Corky Ehlers
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Hallmark Hall of Fame Lorimar Television (Warner Bros. Television) Marian Rees Associates
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 26, 1992 (1992-04-26)

Synopsis

Rose White (Sedgwick) is a modern young career woman in post-World War II New York City who has largely relegated her Jewish heritage to scrapbooks and memories. Born in Poland but fortunate enough to escape the country before the Nazi occupation and the Holocaust wiped out her family, Rose is stunned to learn her older sister, Lusia, somehow survived the horror and is coming to America. The sisters' reunion is complicated by Lusia's (Amanda Plummer) memories of her struggles to survive and the revelation of past family secrets.

Cast

• Kyra Sedgwick as Reyzel Weiss / Rose White
• Amanda Plummer as Lusia
• Maximilian Schell as Mordecai Weiss
• Maureen Stapleton as Tanta Perla
• Penny Fuller as Miss Kate Ryan
• D. B. Sweeney as Dan McKay
• Gina Gershon as Angie
• Milton Selzer as Shimon

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
1992	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	Marian Rees, Andrea Baynes, Francine Lefrak, and Anne Hopkins	Won	[2]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Maximilian Schell	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Special	Penny Fuller	Nominated
			Amanda Plummer	Won
			Maureen Stapleton	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or a Special	Joseph Sargent	Won
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Miniseries or a Special	Anna Sandor	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special	Fred Harpman & Robert Checchi	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Cinematography for a Miniseries or a Special	Kees Van Oostrum	Nominated
		Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special	Terry Baliel	Won
1993	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials	Joseph Sargent	Nominated	[3]
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television		Nominated	[4]
		Best Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Kyra Sedgwick	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Amanda Plummer	Nominated
	Humanitas Prize	90 Minute or Longer Network or Syndicated Television	Anna Sandor	Won	[5]
	Writers Guild of America Awards	Adapted Long Form		Nominated	[6]