Gimme a Break! Flashback (Season 3, Episode 14)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Comedy

Gimme a Break!

Flashback (Season 3, Episode 14)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Comedy

Nell recalls how she met the girls' mother, Margaret Kanisky, and how she gave up a singing career to take care of them when Margaret revealed that was terminally ill.

Director

Hal Cooper

Writers

Ron Landry (written by) | Tom Biener (written by) | Mort Lachman (created by) | Sy Rosen (created by)

Producer

Arthur Julian

Editor

Harold McKenzie

Casting Director

Randy Stone

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Updated Jan 26, 1984

Release date

Jan 26, 1984 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 12 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
12 cast members

Name	Known for
Nell Carter Nell Harper Nell Harper See fewer	Gimme a Break! (1981)
Dolph Sweet Chief Carl Kanisky Chief Carl Kanisky See fewer	Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Kari Michaelsen Katie Kanisky Katie Kanisky See fewer	Gimme a Break! (1981)
Lauri Hendler Julie Kanisky Julie Kanisky See fewer	Gimme a Break! (1981)
Lara Jill Miller Sam Kanisky Sam Kanisky See fewer	Gimme a Break! (1981)
Sharon Spelman Margaret Kanisky Margaret Kanisky See fewer	Angie (1979)
Teddy Wilson Club Owner (as Theodore 'Teddy' Wilson) Club Owner (as Theodore 'Teddy' Wilson) See fewer	Good Times (1974)
Cliff Norton Mr. Bickford Mr. Bickford See fewer	Kiss Me, Stupid (1964)
Candi Milo Leslie Leslie See fewer	My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002)
Nicole Rosselle Young Katie Young Katie See fewer	Two Moon Junction (1988)
Keri Houlihan Young Julie (as Kari Houlihan) Young Julie (as Kari Houlihan) See fewer	Our House (1986)
Jeanna Barron Young Samantha Young Samantha See fewer	St. Elsewhere (1982)