Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story (1996)
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This biographical drama was based on the true story of Dorothy Day, a devout Catholic who devoted much of her life to working with the poor and homeless on New York City's Lower East Side. Born in an Episcopalian household in 1897, Day (played by Moira Kelly) was a free-thinking agnostic in her young adulthood; she contributed to radical leftist journals and was friends with the likes of Eugene O'Neill (James Lancaste) and Mike Gold (Paul Lieber). After undergoing a painful abortion and giving
Sep 8, 1996 Wide
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Moira Kelly
Dorothy Day -
Martin Sheen
Peter Maurin -
Boyd Kestner
Lionel Moise -
Lenny von Dohlen
Forster Batterham -
Allyce Beasley
Frankie -
Geoffrey Blake
Floyd Dell -
Melinda Dillon
Sister Aloysius -
Heather Graham
Maggie -
Brian Keith
The Cardinal -
Paul Lieber
Mike Gold -
Tracey Walker
Joe Bennett -
Heather Camille
Tamar -
James Lancaste
Eugene O'Neill -
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Focuses on her early years as a Bohemian journalist, a suffragette and an unwed mother.
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