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A Time for Miracles is a american film of genre Drama directed by Michael O'Herlihy released in USA on 21 december 1980 with Kate Mulgrew
A Time for Miracles (1980)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 21 december 1980
Length 1h37
Directed by Michael O'Herlihy
OriginUSA
Themes Christmas films
Rating70%
A Time For Miracles is a 1980 made for TV film chronicling the life story of America's first native born saint, Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. It was produced by ABC Circle Films for the American Broadcasting Company and telecast December 21, 1980 as a Christmas special. The film was created by Beverlee Dean and directed by Michael O'Herlihy. The script was written by Henry Denker with collaboration with Sister Mary Hilaire and filmed in Georgia. A Time For Miracles starred Ryan's Hope and Star Trek: Voyager actress Kate Mulgrew as Elizabeth Seton. John Forsythe and Lorne Greene also star.
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Elizabeth Bayley Seton (1774-1821) is a happily married New York Episcopalian socialite and mother of five whose life gets turned around after her husband, William Seton, dies of consumption in Italy after his shipping business went bankrupt. As a widow with five children, she opens a small school in an effort to support herself and family.Actors
Kate Mulgrew
(Mother Elizabeth Bayley Seton)
Lorne Greene
(Bishop John Carroll)
John Forsythe
(Postulator)
Jean-Pierre Aumont
(Father DuBois)
Rossano Brazzi
(Fillipo Fillici)
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