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Rachel Skarsten. Jewel (TV Movie) 2001. Rachel Skarsten as Raylene Hilburn (Age 14) In 1945, Jewel Hilburn (Farrah Fawcett), 39, and her husband Leston (Patrick Bergin), 41, are scratching out a living in rural Mississippi, and caring for their four children: Raylene (Rachel Skarsten), 14; Burton (Kyle Fairlie), 11; Wilman (Max Morrow), 10; and ...
- 5 min
- Rachel Skarsten
Synopsis. In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with four healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down syndrome.
Set in the 1940s, the film tells the story a 40-year-old woman living in rural Mississippi, Jewel, who gives birth to a girl with Down Syndrome and raises her amidst immense social stigma and financial hardships. Drama 2001 1 hr 36 min. NR. Starring Farrah Fawcett, Cicely Tyson, Patrick Bergin. Director Paul Shapiro.
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C. Cicely Tyson. as Cathedral. A. Ashley Wolfe. as Brenda Kay Hilburn - Age 16. R. Robin Dunne. as Wilman Hilburn (Age 18-26)
Review by Zhuge1 ★★★½. This movie focuses on a woman (supposedly in her early 40's) in the 1940's who has an unexpected child that is born with Down Syndrome. The movie stars Farrah Fawcett and really focuses more on her drive to give her child as normal a life as possible while also dealing with the family demands of all of her other ...
Jewel Hillard is a happily married housewife with four children and a fifth on the way. After a difficult delivery, the newborn Brenda turns out to have Down syndrome. However, Jewel refuses to place her in an institution, increasing tensions in the family.
