Celebration Family
{{Short description|1987 television film directed by Robert Day}}
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{{Infobox television
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| genre = Drama
| director = Robert Day
| executive_producer = Robert M. Sertner
Frank von Zerneck
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| writer =
| starring = James Read
Stephanie Zimbalist
| music = Fred Karlin
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| cinematography = Steven Shaw
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| company = Von Zerneck-Samuels Productions
| network = ABC
| released = {{Start date|1987|05|24}}
| runtime = 91 min.
| country = United States
| language = English
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Celebration Family (1987) is a made for television drama film. It is based on the real story of a married couple, James and Janet Marston, who, after discovering that they are not able to have more children naturally, start to adopt instead. The result was a family of sixteen children, who were often sick, disabled or suffered from behavioural problems.
Starring
- James Read as James Marston
- Stephanie Zimbalist as Janet Marston
- Royce D. Applegate as Shawn
- Ed Begley, Jr. as Jake Foreman
- Olivia Burnette as Ellie
- Anne Haney as Judge Gelson
- Vaughn Tyree Jelks as Ricky
- Diane Ladd as Mrs. Heflin
Trivia
Olivia Burnette was nominated in 1988 for the Young Artist Awards as the Best Young Actress Under Ten Years of Age in Television or Motion Pictures.
External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0092737|title=Celebration Family}}
{{Robert Day}}
Category:1987 television films
Category:American Broadcasting Company original films
Category:Films directed by Robert Day
Category:American drama television films
Category:American films based on actual events
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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