Amen is an American television sitcom produced by Carson Productions that ran from September 27, 1986 to May 11, 1991 on NBC. Set in Sherman Hemsley's real-life hometown of Philadelphia, Amen stars Hemsley as the deacon of a church and was part of a wave of successful sitcoms on NBC in the 1980s which featured entirely or almost-entirely black casts. Others included The Cosby Show, A Different World, and 227.
Main Cast of Amen
Sherman Hemsley
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Anna Maria Horsford
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Jester Hairston
Secondary Cast of Amen
Elsa Raven
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Ron Glass
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Lee Weaver
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Richard Roundtree
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Craig Bierko
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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James Brown
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Darius McCrary
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Bennet Guillory
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Jane White
Crew of Amen
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