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The Woman Who Willed a Miracle is a film directed by Sharron Miller with Cloris Leachman
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983)
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Add to a movie listThe Woman Who Willed a Miracle (1983), is an ABC Afterschool Special starring Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh, Leif Green and Rosemary Murphy.
It's executive producer was Dick Clark under the auspices of his company, Dick Clark Productions. It was produced by Preston Fischer, Sharron Miller, and Joanne Curley-Kerner, and was directed by Sharron Miller and written by Arthur Heinemann. It tells the extraordinary true story of Leslie Lemke, a blind, mentally retarded boy with cerebral palsy who was raised from infancy by a foster mother who stubbornly refused to let him die. Because of her love and dedication, he not only survived but was discovered to be a musical savant.
Actors
Cloris Leachman
(May Lemke)
M. Emmet Walsh
(Joe Lemke)
Kirk Cameron
(Willy)
Rosemary Murphy
(Gladys)
James Noble
(Dr. Edwards)
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