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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
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Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school. Director:Peter LevinWriter:Ronni Kern |
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Liz Murray
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Peter
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Robert Bockstael | ... |
David
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Makyla Smith | ... |
Chris
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Jean Murray
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Jennifer Pisana | ... |
Young Liz
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Aron Tager | ... |
Pops
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| Ellen Page | ... |
Young Lisa
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Marla McLean | ... |
Lisa
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Marguerite McNeil | ... |
Eva
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Amber Godfrey | ... |
Dawn
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Seamus Morrison | ... |
Bobby
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John Fulton | ... |
Old Irish Cop
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Rejean Cournoyer | ... |
Young Irish Cop
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Mauralea Austin | ... |
Miss Wanda
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Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
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Homeless to Harvard See more »Filming Locations:
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The reason that Liz Murray left Harvard was so that she could be transferred to another school, which would be less expensive than Harvard (for which she was only receiving $12,000 a year with her scholarship) and also closer to her father, who is very ill will AIDs. See more »
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