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A Lesson Before Dying is a 1999 American made-for-television drama film adapted from the 1993 Ernest J. Gaines novel of the same name. It won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie and a Peabody Award.

Cast and characters

• Don Cheadle – Grant Wiggins
• Cicely Tyson – Tante Lou
• Mekhi Phifer – Jefferson
• Irma P. Hall – Miss Emma
• Brent Jennings – Reverend Ambrose
• Lisa Arrindell Anderson – Vivian Baptiste
• Frank Hoyt Taylor – Sheriff Guidry
• Stuart Culpepper – Henri Pichot
• Patty Mack – Inez
• Elijah Kelley – Clarence
• Wynton Yates – Louis Washington
• Clay Chappell – Paul
• Cierra Meche – Estelle

References

• "The Primetime Emmy Awards: The 51st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards". TV.com. 1999. Archived from the original on 2009-06-12. Retrieved 2009-01-08.

External links

• A Lesson Before Dying at IMDb
• A Lesson Before Dying at AllMovie