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Jackie's Back!

Jackie's Back!

A diva’s work is never done, baby.

1999•1h 31m•6.9/10
ComedyMusicTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb
6.9/10(9)

A British documentarian profiles washed-up diva Jackie Washington as she prepares for her comeback concert.

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Production

Lifetime, Hearst Entertainment Productions, Krost/Chapin Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

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Cast

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis

Jackie Washington

Tim Curry

Tim Curry

Edward Whatsett St. John

T.V. Blake

T.V. Blake

Antandra Washington (Jackie's Daughter)

Tangie Ambrose

Tangie Ambrose

Shaniqua Summers Wells (Jackie's Daughter)

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Nurse Ethyl Washington Rue Owens (Jackie's Sister)

Robert Bailey Jr.

Robert Bailey Jr.

Wilson Wells (Jackie's Grandson)

Tom Arnold

Tom Arnold

Marvin Pritz (Jackie's Former Manager)

Loretta Devine

Loretta Devine

Snookie Tate (Jackie's Childhood Friend)

Julie Hagerty

Julie Hagerty

Pammy Dunbar (Infomercial Host)

David Hyde Pierce

David Hyde Pierce

Perry (The Deaf Rehearsal Pianist)

Kathy Najimy

Kathy Najimy

Lola Molina (Jackie's Stalker)

Isabel Sanford

Isabel Sanford

Miss Krumes (Jackie's Play Mama)

JoBeth Williams

JoBeth Williams

Jo Face (Jackie's Vocal Coach)

Mary Wilson

Mary Wilson

Vesta Crotchley (Jackie's Third Grade Teacher)

Reynaldo Rey

Reynaldo Rey

Cadillac Johnson (Retired Pimp)

Loren Freeman

Loren Freeman

Kim (Jackie's Costume Designer)

Derrick Jones

Peaches Yancy (Still Photos)

Richard Lawson

Richard Lawson

Milkman Summers (Jackie's Ex-Husband #1)

Patti Austin

Patti Austin

Patti Austin (Gospel Singer at Peaches' Funeral)

Kyla Pratt

Kyla Pratt

Little Jackie Washington

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