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Amen

IMDb 6.5 1986 • 30 min • ComedyFamily

Director

Ed. Weinberger

Country

US

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Hemsley Deacon Ernest Frye
Clifton Davis
Clifton Davis Reverend Reuben Gregory
Anna Maria Horsford
Anna Maria Horsford Thelma Frye
Roz Ryan
Roz Ryan Amelia Hetabrink
Jester Hairston
Jester Hairston Rolly Forbes