
A Very Serious Person
Drama
Overview
Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil. Spending the summer by the shore, the emotionally reserved Jan finds himself oddly cast as a mentor to Gil in having to prepare the sensitive boy for life with his cousins in Florida after his grandmother's death.
Top Cast


Charles Busch
Charles Busch
Jan
Charles Busch
Jan


Polly Bergen
Polly Bergen
Mrs. A
Polly Bergen
Mrs. A


P.J. Verhoest
P.J. Verhoest
Gil
P.J. Verhoest
Gil


Dana Ivey
Dana Ivey
Betty
Dana Ivey
Betty


Carmen Pelaez
Carmen Pelaez
Terry
Carmen Pelaez
Terry


Becky London
Becky London
Mrs. Kupchunas
Becky London
Mrs. Kupchunas
Marvin Einhorn
Marvin Einhorn
Mr. Horowitz
Marvin Einhorn
Mr. Horowitz
Jonathan Ospa
Jonathan Ospa
Travis
Jonathan Ospa
Travis
Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts
Waiter
Ben Roberts
Waiter
Heather Schacht
Heather Schacht
Little Girl
Heather Schacht
Little Girl
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