Tonya Pinkins is one of ABC’s Women of the Movement: The All My Children vet and Tony Award winner will replace Niecy Nash in the Alphabet network’s limited series about Mamie Till-Mobley’s (Adrienne Warren) quest to get justice for her son Emmett Till after his murder in Mississippi.
Per our sister site Deadline, Pinkins will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother. Nash was originally cast in the part, but had to exit for personal reasons.
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Per our sister site Deadline, Pinkins will play Alma, Emmett Till’s grandmother. Nash was originally cast in the part, but had to exit for personal reasons.
More from TVLineProdigal Son: Catherine Zeta-Jones Joins Season 2 as Series RegularProdigal Son Season 2: Smash Alum Christian Borle Joins Martin in the...
- 1/6/2021
- by Vlada Gelman
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