Norma Rae Filming Locations

Name: Norma Rae
Director: Martin Ritt
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Sally Field, Beau Bridges, Ron Leibman, Pat Hingle

Where was Norma Rae filmed? Norma Rae was filmed in 2 locations across United States in the following places:

Norma Rae Filming Locations

Direction

Opelika, Alabama, USA ( Textile mill located on First Avenue Opelika, Alabama. It burned mostly to the ground in November 2018. The diner is located on Second Avenue right at the Golden Cherry Motel which is still open to this very day. )

Opelika is a city in and the county seat of Lee County in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Opelika is 30,995, an increase of 17.1 percent from the 2010 Census where the population was 26,477.

Direction

Waverly, Alabama, USA ( Lake Scene )

Waverly is a town in Chambers and Lee counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is part of the Auburn Metropolitan Area. It was incorporated in 1910. As of 2010, the town population was 145. Waverly has an operating United States post office; four churches are located in the town.

Norma Rae (1979)

Runtime: 114 minutes

Rating: 7.3

Release year: 1979

IMDB: tt0079638

Plot summary

A young single mother and textile worker agrees to help unionize her mill despite the problems and dangers involved.

Genres

Drama

Cast

Sally Field

Beau Bridges

Ron Leibman

Pat Hingle

Directors

Martin Ritt

Norma Rae Filming Locations

Norma Rae Filming Locations

1: Opelika, Alabama, USA ( Textile mill located on First Avenue Opelika, Alabama. It burned mostly to the ground in November 2018. The diner is located on Second Avenue right at the Golden Cherry Motel which is still open to this very day. )

2: Waverly, Alabama, USA ( Lake Scene )

Norma Rae (1979)