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Secrets & Lies

Roxanne drives her mother crazy. Maurice never speaks to his niece. Cynthia has a shock for her family. Monica can't talk to her husband. Hortense has never met her mother.

19962h 22mR 7.6/ 10

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.

Cast

  • Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
  • Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
  • Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
  • Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
  • Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
  • Lee RossPaul
  • Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
  • Elizabeth BerringtonJane
  • Michele AustinDionne
  • Ron CookStuart
  • Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
  • Brian BovellHortense's Brother
  • Emma AmosGirl with Scar
  • Clare PerkinsHortense's Sister in Law
  • E
    Elias Perkins McCookHortense's Nephew
  • J
    Jane MitchellSenior Optician (as June Mitchell)

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