Choices 1986  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Lowell Rich
Cast: George C. Scott, Jacqueline Bisset, Melissa Gilbert, Laurie Kennedy, Steven Flynn, Nancy Allison, Daliah Bache, Kirsten Bishop, Nicholas A. Bourdon, Lorena Gale, Mitch Martin, Vlasta Vrana
College student Terry Granger (Melissa Gilbert) finds herself pregnant and considers abortion. Her father, retired judge Evan (George C. Scott), learns of her situation just before his much younger wife Marisa (Jacqueline Bisset) also finds herself pregnant–despite their not wanting a child. All three must re-evaluate their stand on abortion. Made for TV.
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Choices of the Heart 1983   TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: In December the Roses Will Bloom Again
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Martin Sheen, Mike Farrell, Helen Hunt, Peter Horton, Rene Enriquez, Pamela Bellwood, Mari Gorman, Mary McCusker, Rene Enriquez
This is the true story of four American nuns who were killed in El Salvador during the political uprising in 1980. Melissa Gilbert proves her acting ability as lay missionary Jean Donovan. 2 User Reviews
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Little House on the Prairie 1974  TV, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Landon
Cast: Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Karen Grassle, Melissa Sue Anderson, Victor French, Matthew Laborteaux, Dean Butler, Victor Mohica, Marian Beeler, John Steadman, Lindsay Greenbush, Sidney Greenbush
This is the pilot for the long-running TV series. Based on a novel by Laura Ingalls Wilder, it tells the story of a family that moves to the prairies of Minnesota shortly after the Civil War to start a new life.
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The Miracle Worker 1979 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Aaron
Cast: Patty Duke, Melissa Gilbert, Hilda Haynes, Diana Muldaur, Charles Siebert, Anne Seymour, Stanley Wells, Titos Vandis, Byron Green, Noniece Williams, Jonathan Gilbert, James Lee Canady
This is an excellent remake of the powerful story of the interactions between blind, deaf, and mute Helen Keller (Melissa Gilbert) following a bout with scarlet fever and her teacher Annie Sullivan (Patty Duke) who enables Helen to communicate in the real world. Duke, who won an Oscar for her performance as Helen in the 1962 version, plays Annie Sullivan in this made-for-TV film.
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 Splendor in the Grass 1981 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Cyril O'Reilly, Ned Beatty, Eva Marie Saint, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jim Youngs, Nicholas Pryor, Ally Sheedy, K Callan, Graham Jarvis, Todd Elliot, Macon McCalman, Richard McKenzie, Doran Clark, Toni Kalem
In Kansas during the 1920s, teenagers Deanie (Melissa Gilbert) and Bud (Cyril O'Reilly) are in love. Deanie comes from a middle-class family, and her mother (Eva Marie Saint) preaches to her about keeping her virginity to the point that Deanie is headed for a nervous breakdown. Bud's wealthy father Ace (Ned Beatty) wants him to go to Yale, but Bud wants to get married and settle down as a rancher. While the story is about class consciousness and the strict rules of sexuality during an earlier era, it provides enjoyable fare.
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Switched at Birth 1999 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Two Babies: Switched at Birth
Mistaken Identity
Director: Douglas Barr
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Rosanna Arquette, David Andrews, James McCaffrey, Mary Mara, Susan Barnes, Ron Silver, Lester B. Hanson, Peter Lohnes, Joe Ivy
Based on a true story, this made-for-TV film concerns two new-born babies that were switched at the University of Virginia Medical Center. A year and a half later, tests reveal the error, but the mothers (Melissa Gilbert and Rosanna Arquette) decide to keep the babies that they have grown to love. This begins a series of problems for them and their families.
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Sylvester 1985 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: Tim Hunter
Cast: Richard Farnsworth, Melissa Gilbert, Michael Schoeffling, Constance Towers, Peter Kowanko, Yankton Hatten, Shizuko Hoshi, Chris Pedersen, Angel Salazar, Arliss Howard, Shane Serwin, James Gammon, Richard Jamison, Ariane de Vogue, Norman Bennett
A 16-year-old orphan, Charlie (Melissa Gilbert), loves horses and dreams of becoming an Olympic rider. With help from her often drunk mentor, Foster (Richard Farnsworth), Melissa trains her spirited white horse Sylvester. Charlie becomes skilled in horseback riding, and enters Sylvester in a Kentucky steeplechase competition.
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Zoya 1995 TV, 170 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Zoya'
Director: Richard A. Colla
Cast: Melissa Gilbert, Bruce Boxleitner, Denise Alexander, Don Henderson, Zane Carney, Taryn Davis, David Warner, Diana Rigg, Peggy Cass, Jane How, Richard Durden, Samuel West
Countess Zoya Ossipov (Melissa Gilbert) flees the 1917 Revolution in Russia and travels to America where she makes a new life for herself. Based on Danielle Steele's novel.
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| 1. Choices (1986)
2. Choices of the Heart (1983)
aka: In December the Roses Will Bloom Again
3. Little House on the Prairie (1974)
4. The Miracle Worker (1979)
5. Splendor in the Grass (1981)
6. Switched at Birth (1999)
aka: Two Babies: Switched at Birth
aka: Mistaken Identity
7. Sylvester (1985)
8. Zoya (1995)
aka: Danielle Steel's 'Zoya'
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