This is a true story. After the death of his sister, Robert Harling locked himself in a room and 10 days later came out with this play which 3 years later became a movie. The movie was even filmed in the town that where everything happened and the nurse and doctors who cared for his sister Susan played themselves in the movie.
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Steel Magnolias (1989) - 1 trivia entry
Directed by Herbert Ross, starring Daryl Hannah, Dolly Parton, Dylan McDermott, Julia Roberts, Olympia Dukakis, Sally Field, Sam Shepard, Shirley MacLaine, Tom Skerritt (add more)
This is a true story. After the death of his sister, Robert Harling locked himself in a room and 10 days later came out with this play which 3 years later became a movie. The movie was even filmed in the town that where everything happened and the nurse and doctors who cared for his sister Susan played themselves in the movie.
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