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      • The film tells the story of Claudine Price, a single black Harlem mother, living on welfare with six children, who finds love with a garbage collector, Rupert "Roop" Marshall.
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  1. Sep 14, 1974 · Claudine: Directed by John Berry. With Diahann Carroll, James Earl Jones, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Tamu Blackwell. In the 1970s Harlem, garbage collector Roop feels intimidated by the idea of dating Claudine who is a single mother of six on welfare.

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    • Comedy, Drama, Romance
    • John Berry
    • 1974-09-14
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  3. She lives in a small, run-down apartment in Harlem, New York. Claudine works as a housekeeper for a wealthy, older, white woman who does not seem to like Claudine very much and pays her very poorly. Claudine eventually dates Rupert, and toward the end of the movie, they get married. Rupert B. Marshall is played by James Earl Jones. Rupert is a ...

  4. In the 1970s Harlem, garbage collector Roop feels intimidated by the idea of dating Claudine who is a single mother of six on welfare.

  5. Feb 8, 2021 · Claudine works as a domestic during the day while being paid under the table so that she can continue to receive welfare benefits. Living in Harlem and trying to survive, she is hounded regularly by a social worker, who wants to make sure she is living within the confines of the system.

  6. Apr 23, 1974 · Claudine (Diahann Carroll) has a number of problems, including a small Harlem apartment and six children, who are all that remain of two marriages and what the Welfare Department describes as...

  7. Oct 13, 2020 · Claudine Price—a thirty-six-year-old mother of six living in a four-room, tenement-style apartment in Harlem—is no-nonsense and disciplined, with a sharp wit and an almost-buried yearning for tenderness. Diahann Carroll was considered by some to be too glamorous for the title role.

  8. Feb 18, 2021 · Claudine (played by Carroll) is a single mother with six children who works a job on the sly so that she can continue to collect the welfare that she desperately needs to put food on the table...

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