Celebration Family (1987)
When James and Janet Marston find, after the birth of their second son, that they can have no more they decide to adopt. The result is a huge family of up to sixty children of all nationalities, races and creeds and some with physical and mental disabilities. Their happiness, however, is not to continue without problems...
- Date of release
- 1987-05-24
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Director
- Robert Day
Casting
- Stephanie Zimbalist — Janet Marston
- James Read — James Marston
- Diane Ladd — Mrs. Heflin
- Ed Begley Jr. — Jake
- Anne Haney — Judge Gelson
- Royce D. Applegate — Shawn
- Sandy Kenyon
- Richard Lineback
- Joe Nesnow
- Olivia Burnette — Ellie
- Joel Graves
- Johnny Jason Grave
Interesting facts
Celebration Family (1987) is a made for television drama film. It is based on the real story of a married couple, James and Janet Marston, who, after discovering that they are not able to have more children naturally, start to adopt instead. The result was a family of sixteen children, who were often sick, disabled or suffered from behavioural problems.
Trivia
Olivia Burnette was nominated in 1988 for the Young Artist Awards as the Best Young Actress Under Ten Years of Age in Television or Motion Pictures.
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