Jewel (2001)

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Based on fact, the made-for-TV drama Jewel begins in 1945, a time when children afflicted with Down Syndrome were casually and cruelly dismissed as "Mongoloid Idiots." Already a mother with four healthy, normal children, 40-year-old Mississippi woman Jewel Hilburn (Farrah Fawcett) gives birth to daughter Brenda Kay, a Down's baby who will forever be challenged both mentally and physically. Urged by the local authorities to surrender Brenda Kay to an institution, Jewel defies the "experts" and

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Drama, Television

Directed By: Paul Shapiro

Written By: Susan Cooper

In Theaters: Feb 7, 2001 Wide

Cast

Patrick Bergin
Leston Hilburn
Geoffrey Bowes
Dr. Beaudry
Farrah Fawcett
Jewel Hilburn
Lynne Griffin
Nancy Tindle
Ron Payne
Dr. Basket
Natalie Radford
Raylene (ages 22-30)
Cicely Tyson
Cathedral
Gema Zamprogna
Sarah
Maggie Huculak
Nancy
Kim Roberts
May
Ardon Bess
Nelson
Peter Donaldson
Nathan White
Shawn Lawrence
Larry Tindle
Robin Dunne
Wilmun (ages 18-26)
Kylie Fairlie
Burton (age 11)
Nola Augustson
Mrs. Hamby
Kristin Booth
Annie (age 19)
Toby Proctor
Gene
Charlotte Arnold
Annie (ages 7-11)
Kelly Harms
Burton ages 19-27)
Rachel Skarsten
Raylene (age 14)
Sean Bell
Gower Cross
Isabella Fink
Elaine Cross
Ashley Wolfe
Brenda Kay (age 16)
Laura Mercer
Brenda Kay (ages 8-9)
Alexia Vandermaelen
Annie (age 3-4)
Dallas Goyo
Matthew Cross
Dylan Harman
Dennis (age 9)
Kenny Freeman
Dennis (age 16)
Jayne Bickman
Rachel
Stacia Langdon
Olivia
Lori Cooke
Sammy

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