# 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.

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

## Awards and nominations

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