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Sister Kenny

1946, Movie, NR, 116 mins

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A very respectful, if slow, biography of a woman who fought her entire life to bring her own system of treating polio victims to international acceptance. Russell was nominated for an Oscar for her work as she limns a nearly 40-year period in the life of Australian Kenny, from her college days to age 60. Working from the book by Kenny and Ostenso, the screenwriters (who included costar Knox, a Canadian who played the president in WILSON) have toyed a bit with history in orde... read more leave a comment
Year: 1946
Rated NR

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Cast
Rosalind Russell: Elizabeth Kenny
Alexander Knox: Dr. Aeneas McDonnell
Dean Jagger: Kevin Connors
Philip Merivale: Dr. Brack
Beulah Bondi: Mary Kenny
Charles Dingle: Michael Kenny

 

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Sister Kenny (1946) is the true story of the Australian nurse who fought to gain acceptance...
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Posted: 8/1/2008
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