Queenie
is a drama that originally aired on ABC
Queenie is a 1987 ABC miniseries based on the eponymous 1985 novel by Michael Korda. Winston Beard (a pseudonym for James Goldman) and April Smith adapted the novel for television, with Larry Peerce directing. Queenie Kelley is an extremely beautiful girl of Indian and Irish descent, fair enough to pass for white. She is made aware of her "chee-chee" background by her enemies, specifically wealthy Prunella Rumsey.