Sister Kenny

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Cast

Rosalind Russell
as Elizabeth Kenny

Dean Jagger
as Kevin Connors

Alexander Knox
as Dr. Aeneas McDonnell

Beulah Bondi
as Mary Kenny

Philip Merivale
as Dr. Brack

Charles Dingle
as Michael Kenny

John Litel
as Medical Director

Doreen McCann
as Dorrie

Fay Helm
as Mrs. McIntyre

Charles Kemper
as Mr. McIntyre

Dorothy Peterson
as Agnes

Gloria Holden
as Mrs. McDonnell

Virginia Brissac
as Mrs. Johnson

Frank Reicher
as Chuter

Paul Stanton
as Dr. Gideon

Charles Halton
as Mr. Smith

Franklin Farnum
as Doctor

Alan Lee
as Farm Hand

David Martinson
as Cobbler

Lloyd Ingraham
as Farmer

Ellen Corby
as Nurse

Nan Leslie
as Nurse

Doris Lloyd
as Matron

Egon Brecher
as Frenchman

Lumsden Hare
as Dr. Shadrack

Regis Toomey
as Reporter

Lee Bonnell
as Reporter

Daphne Moore
as Waitress

Franklyn Farnum
as Doctor

Mary Gordon

Gertrude Astor
as Doctor (uncredited)

Karolyn Grimes

Brandon Hurst

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Critic Reviews for Sister Kenny

Audience Reviews for Sister Kenny

• Mar 20, 2014

  Good but slightly sappy story of a nun nurse who helps kids with disabilities. A bit ho hum I'm afraid although the acting is solid. Not a stretch for Rosalind Russell.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• May 01, 2010

  Inspiring story of the Australian nurse who bucked the system and arrogant short sighted doctors to effect real change in the treatment of polio. Roz is great in the title role.
  jay n Super Reviewer
• Oct 23, 2007

  Story of a nurse who develops a treatment for polio in the early 20th century. Of course even in 1946, they have Hollywooded up the movie. Kenny's methods are not accepted by the pig-headed doctors, and she has to fight for 30 years to get her methods accepted.
  Red L Super Reviewer

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