What is north and south miniseries cast?

North and South is a television miniseries that aired in 1985, based on the novel of the same name by John Jakes. The cast for the miniseries included:

North:

• Patrick Swayze as Orry Main, a young Southerner
• James Read as George Hazard, a young Northerner
• Lesley-Anne Down as Madeline Fabray, a Southern belle
• Kirstie Alley as Virgilia Hazard, a passionate Northern abolitionist
• Genie Francis as Brett Main, Orry's sister

South:

• Terri Garber as Ashton Main Huntoon, Orry's Southern sister-in-law
• Jean Simmons as Clarissa Main, Orry's mother
• David Carradine as Justin LaMotte, a wealthy and cruel Southern plantation owner
• Morgan Fairchild as Burdetta Halloran, a Southern belle and Justin's mistress
• Johnny Cash as John Brown, an abolitionist leader

Other notable actors in the cast included Robert Mitchum as Orry's uncle, Elizabeth Taylor as a Charleston matron, and Hal Holbrook as Abraham Lincoln.

The miniseries was a critical and commercial success, and led to two sequels, North and South, Book II and Heaven and Hell: North and South, Book III.