Teri Polo's debut.
Nevel, the name of the dress designer in the series and the book is based on Scaasi, whose brand name is his real last name Isaacs, spelled backwards.
In 1989 NBC Vice President, Laurette Hayden read Dominick Dunne's Best Seller "People Like Us". She thought of her mother, Eva Marie Saint for the role of the selfish socialite. She pitched it to NBC executives who cast Miss Saint in the role and she won an Emmy Award for her performance.
This mini-series boasts 2 Academy Award Winners, Eva Marie Saint and Beatrice Straight and a 2 time Oscar nominee, Jean Simmons.
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