Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1999-06-14

Languageen

Runtime1h 31m

Production

Lifetime, Hearst Entertainment Productions, Krost/Chapin Productions

6.9(9)

•1999•1h 31m

Jackie's Back!

"A diva’s work is never done, baby."

Comedy Music TV Movie

Overview

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.

Director

Robert Townsend

Writing & Screenplay

Dee LaDuke Mark Alton Brown

Cinematography

Principal Cast

81 credited

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer LewisJackie Washington

Tim Curry

Tim CurryEdward Whatsett St. John

T.V. Blake

T.V. BlakeAntandra Washington (Jackie's Daughter)

Tangie Ambrose

Tangie AmbroseShaniqua Summers Wells (Jackie's Daughter)

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi GoldbergNurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

Robert Bailey Jr.

Robert Bailey Jr.Wilson Wells (Jackie's Grandson)

Tom Arnold

Tom ArnoldMarvin Pritz (Jackie's Former Manager)

Loretta Devine

Loretta DevineSnookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

Julie Hagerty

Julie HagertyPammy Dunbar (Infomercial Host)

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde PiercePerry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)

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