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A Place for Annie

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Susan Lansing (Sissy Spacek) is a veteran nurse and single mother who supervises an urban hospital's neonatal ICU. Increasingly estranged from her teenage son, David, she's drawn to one of her patients -- a 2-month-old, HIV-positive baby girl who was abandoned at a clinic. When the hospital is unable to find the child a foster home, she decides to take the baby in. Two years later, the girl's ex-addict mother (Mary-Louise Parker) resurfaces, preventing Susan from adopting the child.

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02/09/2014 Sad story is elevated by superior acting. But when you have a cast composed of Sissy Spacek, Joan Plowright, Mary Louise Parker and S. Epatha Merkerson that should be no surprise. See more 12/11/2011 this movie was so sad yet so good. it made me cry See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 06/12/2011 A Place for Annie is a tear-jerking film. It is about a baby who has HIV is left by its mother at the clinic and the baby is taken by the RN. Sissy Spacek and Mary-Louise Parker give excellent performances. The script is well written and touching. John Gray did an awesome job directing this movie. I enjoyed this motion picture because of the drama. A Place for Annie is a must see. See more 04/30/2010 Very good story...one of Hallmark's best. An adoptive mother fights to keep baby Annie when her dying mother wants to take her back. See more 11/30/2009 on e of the best movies. See more 05/17/2009 A very touching and hart felt movie <3 See more Read all reviews
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John Gray

Director

Sissy Spacek

Susan Lansing

Mary-Louise Parker

Linda

S. Epatha Merkerson

Alice

Joan Plowright

Dorothy

David Spielberg

Dr. Palmer
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Synopsis Susan Lansing (Sissy Spacek) is a veteran nurse and single mother who supervises an urban hospital's neonatal ICU. Increasingly estranged from her teenage son, David, she's drawn to one of her patients -- a 2-month-old, HIV-positive baby girl who was abandoned at a clinic. When the hospital is unable to find the child a foster home, she decides to take the baby in. Two years later, the girl's ex-addict mother (Mary-Louise Parker) resurfaces, preventing Susan from adopting the child.
Director
John Gray
Producer
Diane Walsh, Lee Guthrie, Cathleen Young
Screenwriter
Cathleen Young, Lee Guthrie
Production Co
Gross-Weston Productions, Signboard Hill Productions, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Rating
PG (Language|Thematic Elements), TV-PG
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (TV)
May 1, 1994
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Stereo