Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991)

★ 7.0 1h 40m IMDb
Drama
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This biographical drama, based on the late actress's autobiography, chronicles her attempts to rescue her drug addicted son while simultaneously trying to overcome her life-threatening cancer.

Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story

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Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh as Jill Ireland Died 2010 · New York City, New York, USA Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She was a recipient of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress...
Lance Henriksen
Lance Henriksen as Charles Bronson Age 86 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA Lance Henriksen (born May 5, 1940) is an American actor and artist. He is best known to film and television audiences for his roles in science fiction, action, and horror films such as The Terminator,...
Neill Barry
Neill Barry as Jason McCallum Age 60 · New York City, New York, United States Neill Barry (born November 30, 1965) is an American film, television and stage actor, as well as an occasional screenwriter. He made his acting debut at the age of thirteen in Hero at Large. He co-wr...
Lila Kaye
Lila Kaye as Dorothy, Jill's mother Died 2012 · Worthing, Sussex, England, UK Lila Kaye (7 November 1929 – 10 January 2012) was an English actress. She spent a number of years working in the United States, on Broadway and in television, before returning to England. She often p...
Jack Gwillim
Jack Gwillim as Jill's father Died 2001 · Canterbury, England, UK Jack William Frederick Gwillim (15 December 1909 - 2 July 2001) was a prolific English character actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Gwillim, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list o...
Elizabeth Ashley
Elizabeth Ashley as Vicky Age 86 · Ocala, Florida, USA Elizabeth Ann Cole (born August 30, 1939), known professionally as Elizabeth Ashley, is an American actress who first came to prominence as the ingenue in the Broadway play Take Her, She's Mine, which...
Director Michael Ray Rhodes
Cast Jill Clayburgh, Lance Henriksen, Neill Barry, Lila Kaye, Jack Gwillim, Elizabeth Ashley, Byron Allen, Liane Curtis, Jimmy McNichol

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