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A Private Matter is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film based on the true 1962 story of Sherri Finkbine, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona in the first trimester of her fifth pregnancy. She was the popular hostess of the locally produced children's television show Romper Room.
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Jun 20, 1992 · A Private Matter is a 1992 drama film based on the true story of Sherri Finkbine, a children's TV host who had a medically recommended abortion in the early 1960s. The film stars Sissy Spacek, Aidan Quinn and Estelle Parsons, and was nominated for seven awards.
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- Joan Micklin Silver
- 1992-06-20
A Private Matter (Italian: Una questione privata; also translated as A Private Affair) is an Italian novel by Beppe Fenoglio, first published posthumously in April 1963, two months after the author's death.
This fact-based film tells the story of Sherri Finkbine (Sissy Spacek), a well-liked television host who causes a public scandal when she decides to get an abortion in...
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- Joan Micklin Silver
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- Sissy Spacek
Oct 24, 2014 · A Private Matter Trailer 1992 Director: Joan Micklin Silver Starring: Aidan Quinn, Estelle Parsons, Sissy Spacek, Sheila McCarthy, Leon ...more.
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Based on the true story of Sherri Finkbine (hostess of TV's “Romper Room”) and the controversy surrounding her decision to terminate her pregnancy in 1962. Pregnant with her fifth child, she discovered her sleeping medication contained thalidomide, known to cause severe birth defects.
