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Our Son, the Matchmaker is a american film of genre Drama directed by Lorraine Senna released in USA on 8 may 1996 with Ann Jillian
Our Son, the Matchmaker (1996)
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Add to a movie listOur Son, the Matchmaker is a 1996 made-for-television family film directed by Lorraine Senna, starring Ann Jillian and David Andrews as a couple who are separated as teenagers when their illegitimate child is born and sent for adoption, and are reunited years later when their grown-up son seeks them out.
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Julie Longwell, the owner of a hair salon in the town of Dobbs Mill, is paid a visit by a social worker who tells her that her son is looking for her. Julie is shocked by the news and in a series of flashbacks recalls the circumstances of her son being sent for adoption.Actors
Ann Jillian
(Julie Longwell)
David Andrews
(Steve Carson)
Ellen Burstyn
(Iva Mae Longwell)
Marisa Coughlan
(Young Julie)
Linda Larkin
(Melanie Miller)
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