Gimme a Break!: Cast Rate: –☹️ Very Bad🙁 Bad😐 Average🙂 Good😃 Excellent🤩 Super! ★ Save Rating✔ Rating Saved! Notify me: –about new episodeabout new seasonabout end of season Subscribe✔ Subscription Saved! Gimme a Break! Comedy, Family NBC United States GeneralEpisodesCastCharactersGallery Cast See full cast → Nell Carter as Nellie Ruth 'Nell' Harper John Hoyt as Grandpa Stanley Kanisky John Hoyt as Grandpa Stanley Kanisky Kari Michaelson as Katie Kanisky Kari Michaelsen as Katie Kanisky Lauri Hendler as Julie Kanisky Maxwell Lara Jill Miller as Samantha Kanisky Joey Lawrence as Joey Donovan Joey Lawrence as Joey Donovan Dolph Sweet as Chief Carl Kanisky Dolph Sweet as Chief Carl Kanisky Telma Hopkins as Dr. Adelaide "Addy" Wilson Howard Morton as Officer Ralph Simpson Howard Morton as Officer Ralph Simpson Rosetta LeNoire as Maybelle "Mama Maybelle" Harper Paul Sand as Marty Paul Sand as Marty Rosie O'Donnell as Maggie O'Brien Matthew Lawrence as Matthew Donovan Matthew Lawrence as Matthew Donovan Jonathan Silverman as Jonathan Maxwell Jonathan Silverman as Jonathan Maxwell Nell Carter as Nell Harper Lara Jill Miller as Sam Kanisky Lauri Hendler as Julie Kanisky Telma Hopkins as Addy Wilson Rosetta LeNoire as Maybelle «Mama» Harper Rosie O'Donnell as Maggie O'Brien Peter Schrum as Uncle Ed Kanisky