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Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made 1990 · Nominated
Emmy (Primetime) Outstanding Lead Actress 1990 · Nominated
Small Sacrifices is a 1989 American made-for-television crime drama film written by Joyce Eliason and based on the best-selling true crime book by Ann Rule of the same name. The film is about Diane Downs and the murder and attempted murder of her three children.
Small Sacrifices: With Farrah Fawcett, Gordon Clapp, Ryan O'Neal, John Shea. A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.
- (1.4K)
- 1989-11-12
- Crime, Drama, History
- 159
Winner 1989 ABC. Small Sacrifices. ABC Television, Louis Rudolph Films, Motown Productions, Allarcom Ltd., Fries Entertainment, Inc. This terrifying true story, based on Ann Rule’s best-selling book, marked a high point in television drama for 1989.
Awards 1990 - Emmy - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special - nominated 1990 - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television ...
Small Sacrifices: awards, nominations, photos and more at Emmys.com.
Jul 5, 1988 · View Kindle Edition. From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Stranger Beside Me comes a shocking true crime account of the destructive forces that drove a beautiful young mother to murder. “Somebody just shot my kids!”.
Farrah Fawcett's Emmy-nominated performance is the centerpiece of SMALL SACRIFICES, a riveting, ABC mini-series based on the true story of Diane Downs, a cold-blooded woman who was sent to jail for murdering two of her three children.
