A Woman of Independent Means

February. 19,1995      
Rating:
6.7
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Sally Field as  Bess Alcott Steed Garner
Ron Silver as  Arthur
Tony Goldwyn as  Robert Steed
Jack Thompson as  Sam Garner
Sheila McCarthy as  Totsie
Ann Hearn as  Lydia
Andrea Roth as  Eleanor, as an adult
Brenda Fricker as  Mother Steed
Charles Durning as  Andrew Alcott
John Slattery as  Dwight