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1. www.southernliving.com › news › steel-magnoliasSteel Magnolias True Story - Southern Living

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   Jul 24, 2022 · Julia Roberts Wasn't the Original Actor Cast as Shelby in Steel Magnolias. Hear the true stories behind Steel Magnolias from creator Robert Harling.

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3. www.countryliving.com › life › entertainmentTrue Story Behind Steel Magnolias - Steel Magnolias Writer ...

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   Jul 28, 2017 · The Heartbreaking Real-Life Story Behind 'Steel Magnolias'. We caught up with writer Robert Harling for a look back at his iconic play, which debuted off-Broadway 30 years ago. It's been 30 years since Steel Magnolias, the play that inspired the iconic film by the same name, opened off-Broadway.

4. www.theatlantic.com › entertainment › archiveThe Dark Side of 'Steel Magnolias' - The Atlantic

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   In this predictably ordered world, Shelby, who is constantly arguing with her mother, is an outlier who at times appears foolish and ornery. Though a sympathetic character, Shelby is depicted as...

5. gardenandgun.com › feature › thirty-years-of-steelThe Story Behind Steel Magnolias, 30 Years Later - Garden & Gun

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   This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Steel Magnolias, a play Robert Harling wrote just months after his sister, Susan, died of complications from diabetes.

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   Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts. The screenplay by Robert Harling is based on his 1987 play of the same name about the bond a group of women share in a small-town Southern community, and how ...

7. www.looper.com › 958700 › the-untold-truth-of-steelThe Untold Truth Of Steel Magnolias - Looper

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   Aug 9, 2022 · Shelby, the character Julia Roberts plays in the film, is based on Harling's sister, Susan, who died of complications from type 1 diabetes in 1985.

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   Who is Shelby in Steel Magnolias?

   • The competition for the roles of the older characters in "Steel Magnolias" may have been stiff, but it wasn't any simpler to cast for the role of Shelby, M'Lynn's daughter and the character based on Harling's own sister. Shelby was the last character to be cast, and they initially offered the role to Meg Ryan.

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   Did Robert Harling write Steel Magnolias?

   • When playwright Robert Harling wrote Steel Magnolias back in 1987, he undoubtedly had no idea that more than 30 years later, people would still be quoting it regularly. Its original incarnation was a play that had a successful off-Broadway run. Then Paramount bought the movie rights and Harling wrote the script, transforming the play into a movie.

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   Who is Robert Harling?

   • Its playwright, Robert Harling, a Tulane University Law School grad who shunned his degree in favor of relocating to New York City to become an actor, never imagined it would see the light of day. "I thought somebody would find it in a drawer when they were throwing out my stuff after I was dead," he says.

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   What are some fun facts about the role of Shelby?

   • Another fun fact about the role of Shelby? When Nicole Kidman was starting out as an actress in Sydney, Australia, one of her earliest roles was Shelby in the stage version of Steel Magnolias.

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