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Susan Nanus

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If These Walls Could TalkIf These Walls Could Talk · 1996
If These Walls Could Talk
6.71996
MovieTV MovieDrama
A powerful, intimate portrait of three women living in the same house during different eras who all face unplanned pregnancies. The vignettes follow a recently widowed nurse struggling to take control of her life in the early 50s, a mother of four balancing raising a family and maintaining a career in the 70s, and a student making a difficult decision with the help of one woman that will change the course of both their lives in the 90s.
Recipe for a Perfect ChristmasRecipe for a Perfect Christmas · 2005
Recipe for a Perfect Christmas
5.52005
MovieComedyTV Movie
The holiday season is turned upside down for a neophyte food critic JJ (Pope) when her uninhibited mother (Baranski) shows up unannounced. In an attempt to occupy her mom's time, JJ works out a deal with a young chef (Cannavale) that stirs up some matters of the heart.
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two WomenRescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women · 1997
Rescuers: Stories of Courage - Two Women
8.51997
MovieDramaHistory
First in a series of anthology films dealing with Christians who put their lives on the line to help rescue Jews from the Holocaust. In the first of two short films, "Mamusha," as the Nazis invade her country, a Polish Catholic housekeeper takes under her wing the youngster in the Jewish family for whom she is employed, and shepherds him through WWII in hopes of ultimately getting him repatriated to Palestine. In "Woman on a Bicycle," an unmarried French woman is pressed into service by the church to distribute underground communication pamphlets for the Resistance and ultimately ends up helping the church shelter 19 Jews.
Harvest of FireHarvest of Fire · 1996
Harvest of Fire
5.81996
MovieDramaTV Movie
In a small Amish community, three barns are burnt down almost simultaneously. FBI agent Sally Russwell is sent in to investigate this possible hate crime. What she finds however is a community that little trust for outsiders or "The English" as they call them. However, in her investigations, Agent Russell makes friends with one entrepreneurial widow, Annie Beiler who has her own curiosity about this stranger. Together, Annie introduces Russell in-depth to this close knit community bearing many appealing attributes. However, as Sally's investigations continue, she discovers secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about the religious community that are linked to the arson attacks.
A Child's WishA Child's Wish · 1997
A Child's Wish
6.31997
MovieDramaFamily
A family discovers their youngest daughter has cancer. But the real struggle has yet to start.
Heart of a ChildHeart of a Child · 1994
Heart of a Child
5.21994
MovieDramaTV Movie
For Fred and Karen Schouten, the news that she is pregnant is most welcome, having been trying for a while with no success. Gordon and Alice Holc are also happy as whilst they already have one child, they learn that at 35 Alice is pregnant again. But both couples receive devastating news as Fred and Karen are informed that their not-yet-born baby has a brain defect and has no chance of surviving whilst Alice and Gordon learn that their baby has a defective heart and also has little chance of surviving...
More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock StoryMore Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story · 2003
More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story
7.32003
MovieDramaTV Movie
Based on the true story of a beloved teacher for the blind who discovers she herself is losing her eyesight.
ChangesChanges · 1991
Changes
6.21991
MovieTV MovieDrama
Melanie is a top TV news reporter, living in New York with her twin teenage daughters. Peter is a handsome and divorced heart surgeon working at an L.A. hospital with three children of his own. A chance meeting leads to instant romance and eventual marriage, bringing about drastic changes in their lives...not all of them good.

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