Stella (1990)

  • PG-13
  • 02/02/1990 (US)
  • Romance, Drama
  • 1h 49m

She sacrificed her own dreams to make her daughter's dreams come true.

Overview

Barmaid Stella Claire and blueblood Stephen Dallas have very little in common -- except they've fallen in love. When their relationship fails, Stella decides to raise the child they had, Jenny, alone. But Jenny and Stella are far from the perfect mother-daughter pair.

Robert Getchell

Screenplay

John Erman

Director

Olive Higgins Prouty

Novel

Cast

Bette Midler's headshot

Bette Midler

Stella Claire
John Goodman's headshot

John Goodman

Ed Munn
Trini Alvarado's headshot

Trini Alvarado

Jenny Claire
Stephen Collins's headshot

Stephen Collins

Stephen Dallas
Marsha Mason's headshot

Marsha Mason

Janice Morrison
Eileen Brennan's headshot

Eileen Brennan

Mrs. Wilkerson
Linda Hart's headshot

Linda Hart

Debbie Whitman
Ben Stiller's headshot

Ben Stiller

Jim Uptegrove

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