Personal Problems

An “experimental soap opera” centered on a Harlem nurse, her husband, her father-in-law, and her lover.

Cast

Vertamae Grosvenor

Johnnie Mae Brown

W

Walter Cotton

Charles Brown

Bill Gunn

Mr. Damien

I

Ishmael Reed

Manager of Doggie Diner

J

Jim Wright

Father Brown

M

Margo Williams

Della

Sam Waymon

Raymon

T

Thommie Blackwell

Bubba

M

Michele Wallace

Sharon

J

John H. Wells

Numbers Man

M

Miamani Mutima

Woman in Café

C

Carey Barnes

Patient's Uncle

T

Tres/Marshall M. Johnson, III

Aikijutso Waiter

M

Michael Watts

Patient

L

Lester Williams

Patient's Brother