Tales of the City (2019)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal, her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.
- Released: 2019-06-07
- Genres: Drama, Mystery
- Seasons: 1, 10 episodes
- Episode length: 1h 0m
- Network: Netflix
- Status: Ended
- TMDB rating: 6.8/10 from 94 votes
Created by Lauren Morelli.
Top cast
- Laura Linney as Mary Ann Singleton
- Elliot Page as Shawna Hawkins
- Paul Gross as Brian Hawkins
- Murray Bartlett as Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver
- Charlie Barnett as Ben Marshall
- Garcia as Jake Rodriguez
- May Hong as Margot Park
- Olympia Dukakis as Anna Madrigal
- Barbara Garrick as DeDe Halcyon
Where to watch Tales of the City
- United States: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- India: stream on Netflix
- Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; watch free on ABC iview
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