Amen (1986)
1986, Series, 30 min, Comedy, English, United States, MoviePedia score 66
Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227.
Directed by Bill Foster, Shelley Jensen, John Sgueglia, Lee Shallat Chemel, John Robins, Jules Lichtman, Gary Shimokawa, Herbert Kenwith, Phil Ramuno, Stan Lathan, Bill Duke, Steve Zuckerman, J.D. Lobue, Bob Lally, Michael Dimich
Cast
- Sherman Hemsley as Deacon Ernest Frye
- Clifton Davis as Reverend Reuben Gregory
- Anna Maria Horsford as Lorraine Tillman Frye
- Roz Ryan as Amelia Hetebrink
- Jester Hairston as Rolly Forbes
- Barbara Montgomery as Casietta Hetebrink
- Tony T. Johnson as Chris
- Elsa Raven as Inga
- Bumper Robinson as Clarence
- Rosetta LeNoire as Leola Hudson
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