Rent Pollyanna: Series (1973)
3.6 of 5 from 48 ratings
2h 40min
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- Synopsis:
- Elizabeth Archard plays the overly optimistic orphan, Pollyanna, in this timeless heart-warming BBC mini-series based on the bestselling novel by Eleanor Porter. Pollyanna goes to live with her lonely, bitter old Aunt Polly (Elaine Stritch) after the death of her beloved father. Despite being paralyzed in a horrible accident, her sunny nature and determination to look on the brighter side of life has an astonishing effect on the lives of everyone she encounters, including an old hermit (Donald Bisset), an orphaned boy (Stephen Galloway), and her doctor (Paul Maxwell). Will all the people whose lives she's brightened be able to make her happy again?
- Actors:
- Elizabeth Archard, Elaine Stritch, Paddy Frost, Ray McAnally, Robert Coleby, Stephen Galloway, Paul Maxwell, Donald Bisset, Valerie Colgan, Mary Healey, Mildred Shaw, Lilian Padmore, Bessie Love, Ian Pigot, Patricia Donahue, Claire Davenport, Janet Brandes, Robert MacLeod, Maria Charles, Anthea Holloway
- Directors:
- June Wyndham-Davies
- Producers:
- John McRae
- Writers:
- Joy Harington, Eleanor H. Porter
- Studio:
- Dazzler
- Genres:
- Children & Family, Classics, Comedy, Drama
