Clara's Heart (1988)

 

Release date: October 7, 1988

Director: Robert Mulligan

Writer(s):  Joseph Olshan (novel), Mark Medoff (screenplay)

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Ontkean, Kathleen Quinlan

Estimated Budget: N/A

U.S. Box office: $5.1 million

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The character is named Clara Mayfield (Whoopi Goldberg). She is a strong, opinionated, completely self-reliant maid from Jamaica who comes to live with a rich Maryland family and becomes the best friend and mentor of their troubled young son.

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