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Dec 5, 1979 · Jean Stapleton stars as Mary Dobkin, a woman who creates and coaches a Little League team in Baltimore in 1954. She faces challenges from the community, the league, and her own health, but inspires the kids with her passion and courage.
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- Drama, Sport
- Peter Werner
- 1979-12-05
A Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie, Aunt Mary (1979), starred Jean Stapleton as Dobkin. "I was the first manager to integrate a team, the first to play a girl, the first to coach three sports (baseball, basketball, and football), the first living person to have a playing field named for them, and now I'm the first to have my story told on ...
A comedy film about a widowed baseball fan who marries a con man. See the full list of actors, writers, directors, producers and other crew members who worked on this TV movie.
Rent Aunt Mary on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. When a new professional baseball team comes to Baltimore, fan Mary Dobkin (Jean Stapleton) becomes inspired to help the kids in her ...
- Biography
- Jean Stapleton
- Peter Werner
Aunt Mary is a 1979 drama film starring Jean Stapleton as a disabled fan who starts a baseball team for at-risk kids in Baltimore. The team faces challenges from prejudice and other opponents in their first season.
A disabled woman starts a Little League baseball team to help the children in her poverty-stricken neighborhood. The story is set in Baltimore in 1954-1955 and features a racially mixed team of street kids.
