A Woman of Independent Means
Cast & Crew
Sally Field
as Bess Alcott Steed Garner
Sheila McCarthy
as Totsie
Ann Hearn
as Lydia
Pam Dougherty
as Second Jessamine Sister
Jessica Drake
as Pregnant Woman
Andrea Roth
as Eleanor, as an adult
Andrew Lowery
as Drew, as an adult
Brenda Fricker
as Mother Steed
Lawrence Monoson
as Walter Burton
Charles Durning
as Andrew Alcott
Overview
Bess Steed marries her childhood sweetheart in the early part of the 20th century and begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, things do not work out as she expects. Her husband dies of influenza, and she finds that she must pick up and carry along with her life. She proves to be a strong, committed, and loving individual who attracts new loves into her life and finds that she can take good care of the old ones. Despite further tragedy in losing her oldest son, and a second marriage that is not all that she expects it to be she continues to survive as independently as she has discovered the courage to do so.
