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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Maureen McCormick | ... | Barbara Mandrell | |
| Dwight Schultz | ... | Irby Mandrell | |
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Greg Kean | ... | Ken Dudney |
| Lisa Blount | ... | Mary Mandrell | |
| Lindsey Haun | ... | Barbara (as a teenager) | |
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Jaime Dudney | ... | Irlene Mandrell |
| Portia Dawson | ... | Louisa Mandrell | |
| Kim Lankford | |||
| Jesse Littlejohn | ... | Matthew Dudney | |
| Evan Rachel Wood | ... | Jaime Dudney - Age 8 | |
| John Doe | ... | Joe Maphis | |
| Dolly Parton | ... | Dolly Parton | |
| Kenny Rogers | ... | Kenny Rogers | |
| Barbara Mandrell | ... | Herself | |
| Robert Clotworthy | ... | Dr. Newton Louvern | |
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Biography of country music star Barbara Mandrell looks at her early career, and follows her career through the tragic auto accident in 1984 which almost killed her, and her ultimate recovery and change of outlook on life. Mandrell portrays herself in her later life, and Maureen McCormick offers a good portrayal of the younger Mandrell. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
28 September 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Barbara Mandrell See more »Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Jaime Dudney, Barbara's real-life daughter, portrays her Aunt Irlene in this movie. Just over twenty-five years earlier, she had also portrayed her Aunt Irlene on Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters (1980) variety show, in flashback skits of when the sisters were younger. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I've seen this TV movie biography of the life of singer Barbara Mandrell a few times and it's actually quite good. Maureen McCormick, forever known to legions of TV fans as Marcia Brady, does a credible job in the title role (her scenes following the car accident that nearly took Barbara's life are especially well-played) and she's backed by a capable supporting cast that includes Mandrell's own daughter, Jamie Nicole, as Irlene Mandrell, Barbara's youngest sister. Well-done and suitably involving.