Stone Pillow

Directed by George Schaefer. With Lucille Ball, Daphne Zuniga, William Converse-Roberts, Stephen Lang. In an effort to understand the plight of homeless women living on the streets, young social worker, Carrie Lange (Daphne Zuniga) attempts befriending a homeless woman named Florabelle ('Lucille Ball'). Florabelle believes Carrie is runaway and tells her to go to the homeless shelter for help. Carrie stops another woman from stealing Florabelle's cart and gains her dubious trust. So begins ...

Stone Pillow (TV Movie 1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

A homeless woman named Florabelle becomes the unwitting guide to the streets for a New York social worker named Carrie who thinks she has lessons to offer the down-and-out clients she serves at the homeless shelter. Soon, however, Carrie realizes that she's the one who has much to learn.

Overview of Stone Pillow, 1985, directed by George Schaefer, with Lucille Ball, Daphne Zuniga, William Converse-Roberts, at Turner Classic Movies

The ads for The Stone Pillow tended to suggest that this TV movie was Lucille Ball's dramatic debut--completely ignoring the fact that Ball had started out as a

Stone Pillow - A New York social worker (Daphne Zuniga) learns from an elderly bag lady (Lucille Ball) who roams the streets and lives in a doorway.

Stone Pillow is a 1985 American made-for-television drama film directed by George Schaefer and written by Rose Leiman Goldemberg. It starred Lucille Ball, in an attempt to make a dramatic "breakout" from her years in comedy, portraying an older homeless woman with few resources and even fewer options.