

What Makes a Family
2001 Directed by Maggie GreenwaldJanine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in order to regain custody of her daughter.
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Brooke Shields
....................................................Janine Nielssen

Cherry Jones
....................................................Sandy Cataldi

Whoopi Goldberg
....................................................Terry Harrison

Anne Meara
....................................................Evelyn Cataldi

Al Waxman
....................................................Frank Cataldi

Jordy Benattar
....................................................Heather Cataldi

Melanie Nicholls-King
....................................................Nora
Director
...........................................................Maggie Greenwald
Executive Producer
...........................................................Neil Meron
Cis Corman
Whoopi Goldberg
Barbra Streisand
Craig Zadan
Producer
...........................................................Wendy Grean
Production Companies
...................................................Lifetime
Barwood Films
Columbia TriStar Television
Storyline Entertainment
Production Countries
........................................................Canada
United States of America
Spoken Languages
....................................................English
Genres
....................................................Drama
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