Who Will Love My Children?
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Who Will Love My Children? | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Michael Bortman |
Directed by | John Erman |
Starring | Ann-Margret |
Theme music composer | Laurence Rosenthal |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producers | Wendy Riche |
Production location | |
Cinematography | Thomas Del Ruth |
Editor | |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Production company | ABC Circle Films |
Distributor | ABC |
Release | |
Original network | ABC |
Picture format | Color |
Audio format | Mono |
Original release | February 14, 1983 |
Who Will Love My Children? is a 1983 American made-for-television biographical film based on the life of Lucile Fray. Lucile Fray was diagnosed with cancer in 1952 and wanted to find suitable homes for her ten children, since she felt her husband could not properly care for them. Prior to her death, she succeeded. The film was directed by John Erman, written by , and starred Ann-Margret in her first television film. It was originally broadcast on American Broadcasting Company.
The same evening as its original broadcast, February 14, 1983, the children of Lucile Fray appeared on That's Incredible!, an ABC program. The film was remade in Turkish as Yavrularım in 1984, in Malayalam as Akashadoothu in 1993, in Telugu as Matrudevobhava, in Kannada as Karulina Koogu Marathi as Chimani Pakhare and in Hindi as Tulsi in 2008.
Cast[]
- Ann-Margret as Lucile Fray
- Frederic Forrest as Ivan Fray
- Cathryn Damon as Hazel Anderson
- Donald Moffat as Dick Thomas
- Lonny Chapman as Milton Hammond
- Patricia Smith as Cleta Thomas
- Jess Osuna as Dr. Willis
- Christopher Allport as Kenneth Handy
The Fray children[]
- Patrick Brennan as Carl Fray
- Soleil Moon Frye as Linda Fray
- Tracey Gold as Pauline Fray
- as Warren Fray
- Rachel Jacobs as Joyce Fray
- as Frank Fray
- Cady McClain as Virginia Fray
- Hallie Todd as Joann Fray
- as Ivan Fray Jr.
- , Wade Chapman, and as Stephen Fray
Awards & nominations[]
- 1983 Emmy Awards
- Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series Or A Special — John Erman
- Nominated
- Outstanding Achievement in Makeup — Zoltan Elek and Monty Westmore
- Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) — Laurence Rosenthal
- Outstanding Drama Special — Paula Levenback and Wendy Riche
- Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special — Jerrold L. Ludwig
- Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special — Michael Hilkene, Rusty Tinsley, Bill Jackson, Joseph A. Mayer, Jill Taggart, and Ben Wong
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special — Ann-Margret
- Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special — Michael Bortman
- 1984 American Cinema Editors Award
- Best Edited Television Special — Jerrold L. Ludwig
- 1984 Directors Guild of America Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials — John Erman (nominated)
- 1984 Golden Globe Awards
- Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television — Ann-Margret
- Nominated
- Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV
External links[]
- Who Will Love My Children? at AllMovie
- Who Will Love My Children? at IMDb
- TV: Ann-Margret Plays a Dying Mother of 10 at the New York Times
- Films directed by John Erman
- 1983 television films
- 1983 films
- Films about cancer
- American television films
- American biographical drama films
- American films
- Biographical television films
- Films scored by Laurence Rosenthal
- American television film stubs