Switched at Birth
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| Switched at Birth | |
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| Directed by | Waris Hussein |
| Produced by | Ervin Zavada |
| Written by | Michael O'Hara |
| Starring | Bonnie Bedelia Brian Kerwin John M. Jackson Ariana Richards Erika Flores |
| Music by | Marvin Hamlisch |
| Cinematography | Robert Steadman |
| Editing by | Paul Dixon James Galloway |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Television |
| Release date(s) | April 28, 1991 |
| Running time | 186 mins |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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Switched at Birth is a 1991 Television film directed by Waris Hussein. It is based on the true story of Kimberly Mays and Arlena Twigg who were switched soon after birth in a Florida hospital in 1978.
[edit] Plot
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When Arlena Twigg becomes ill, a blood test reveals that she is not the biological daughter of Regina and Ernest Twigg. When Arlena dies at the age of nine, her parents search for their biological daughter who is being raised as Kimberly Mays.
[edit] Cast
- Bonnie Bedelia — Regina Twigg
- Brian Kerwin — Robert Mays
- John M. Jackson — Ernest Twigg
- Eve Gordon — Darlena
- Judith Hoag — Barbara Mays
- Caroline McWilliams — Lois Morehead
- Lois Smith — Margaret
- Kelli Williams — Irisa
- Ariana Richards — Kimberly Mays, Age 9-11
- Erika Flores — Arlena Twigg, Age 9-11
- Edward Asner — Ted Marx
- Beth Grant — Sophie
- Rance Howard — Frank Hill
- Vivian Bonnell — Nurse Ford
- Jacqueline Scott — Ruth Mays
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