"Berrenger's" (1985) TV series

Writer:

Lynn Marie Latham (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

5 January 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Short-lived prime time soap opera set in a New York department store run by the Berrenger family. Filled with several well known names...

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Robin Strand	...	Billy Berrenger (11 episodes, 1985)
Ben Murphy	...	Paul Berrenger (11 episodes, 1985)
Sam Wanamaker	...	Simon Berrenger (11 episodes, 1985)
Yvette Mimieux	...	Shane Bradley (11 episodes, 1985)
Anita Morris	...	Babs Berrenger (11 episodes, 1985)
Jonelle Allen	...	Stacey Russell (11 episodes, 1985)
Laura Ashton	...	Laurel Hayes (11 episodes, 1985)
Claudia Christian	...	Melody Hughes (11 episodes, 1985)
Jeff Conaway	...	John Higgins (11 episodes, 1985)
Art Hindle	...	Todd Hughes (11 episodes, 1985)
Leslie Hope	...	Cammie Springer (11 episodes, 1985)
Steve Kahan	...	Nick Morrison (11 episodes, 1985)
Andrea Marcovicci	...	Gloria Berrenger (11 episodes, 1985)
Jack Scalia	...	Danny Krucek (11 episodes, 1985)
Connie Ramirez	...	Connie Morales (11 episodes, 1985)
Alma Beltran	...	Mami Morales (11 episodes, 1985)
Jeannie Linero	...	Ana Morales (11 episodes, 1985)
Alan Feinstein	...	Max Kaufman (11 episodes, 1985)
Michael David Lally	...	Mr. Allen (11 episodes, 1985)
Richard Sanders	...	Frank Chapman (11 episodes, 1985)
Donna Dixon	...	Allison Harris (11 episodes, 1985)
Eddie Velez	...	Julio Morales (11 episodes, 1985)

Runtime:

60 min (12 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

I loved this show

It had a classier cast than any of the other night-time soaps, in my opinion, and a classier look. It was sexy, of course (Jeff Conaway and Claudia Christian and Ben Murphy were hot as blazes). Andrea Marcovicci had a field day as a vain and grasping estranged wife. She was in a loveless marriage with Ben Murphy, who was in love with Yvette Mimieux (with a short haircut and legs of steel - Bob Paris should have cuts like that). Sam Wanamaker was the patriarch (interestingly, because I always wondered whether he had anything to do with the old Wanamaker's department store). Jeff Conaway was your basic stud on the make.

But the main feature of interest was Anita Morris, as a long-time hard-partying heiress who was finally getting her life together and turning herself into a rag-trade entrepreneur. Without sacrificing an iota of her kittenish lollapalooza personality, Morris became a tigress. It was such fun to watch her, it curled my toes. I've been a Morris fan ever since I saw her make herself comfortable all over a little white cube in the musical "Nine," wearing stiletto heels, a transparent jumpsuit, and pantyhose, singing "A Call from the Vatican." The woman could raise the dead.

I'm sorry her life ended so tragically early, and that Berenger's did too. I'd love to see Morris romping through 5 seasons worth of syndicated episodes.