State of Grace (TV series)
State of Grace is an American comedy-drama series that ran for two seasons on Fox Family, later ABC Family during 2001 and 2002.
Plot
The show is centered on two 12-year-old girls from very different backgrounds, Hannah and Grace, who are best friends. Hannah is from a middle class Jewish family and lives with her parents, her grandmother, and her uncle. Her parents are the owners of a furniture factory in the fictitious town of Ashmore, North Carolina, to where they have recently moved from Chicago. Grace is from a wealthy Catholic family and lives with her mother, a socialite. Typically, they are depicted as more intelligent, thoughtful, funny, and rebellious than other children of their age. Set in 1965, the show was compared by some to another look-back-through-the-years show, The Wonder Years. Fred Savage, the star of the hit ABC series, appeared in the series' final episode.The theme song is the original version of "Do You Believe in Magic" by The Lovin' Spoonful. The show was taped at Ren-Mar Studios stage 4.
Cast and characters
Main
- Dinah Manoff: Evelyn Rayburn, Hannah's mother
- Michael Mantell: David Rayburn, Hannah's father
- Alia Shawkat: 12-year-old Jewish-American girl Hannah Rayburn
- Erica Yohn: Grandma Ida, Hannah's grandmother
- Jason Blicker: Uncle Heschie, Hannah's uncle
- Faye Grant: Tattie McKee, Grace's mother
- Mae Whitman: 12-year-old Emma 'Grace' McKee, Hannah's best friend
- Frances McDormand: Narrator, voice of adult Hannah
Guest stars
- Bryan Neal: Walker Adams, Grace's older half-brother
- Bonnie Bailey-Reed: Shirley, the Rayburns' receptionist
- Carl M. Craig: Greer, the McKees' chauffeur
- Patricia Forte: Cookie, the McKees' maid
- Tom Verica: Tommy Austin, Tattie's fiancé
- Adrian Neil: Nigel Grenville III, Tattie's friend