An Unexpected Life

A single woman has her idyllic life disrupted when she takes in orphans. But, soon she comes to depend on the sound of little feet and couldn't think of life without them.

Cast

Stockard Channing

as Barbara Whitney

Stephen Collins

as Sam Sadwich

Christine Ebersole

as Ruth Whitney

Elaine Stritch

as Lucinda Sadwich

Jenny O'Hara

as Harriet Rothman

S. Epatha Merkerson

as Beverly Hawkins

Noah Fleiss

as Matt Whitney

Jenifer Lewis

as Camille

Chelsea Russo

as Megan Whitney

RuPaul

as Charles

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