When She Was Bad...
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter H. Hunt
Eileen Brennan
Paul Larson
Katie Christopher
Keith Jackson
Julie Parrish
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Synopsis
In her first starring role in a made-for-TV movie, Cheryl Ladd is a young wife and mother whose ambitious, often-absent, upwardly mobile husband leaves her unhappy and her growing loneliness leads to frustrations she takes out on her pre-school daughter. This child abuse film, originally to have been called "A New Life," was co-produced by Cheryl Ladd's then-husband, David (son of veteran actor Alan Ladd).
Director
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Peter H. Hunt
Cast
Eileen Brennan
Paul Larson
Katie Christopher
Keith Jackson
Julie Parrish
Cheryl Ladd
Nicole Eggert
Michael Flanagan
Becky Hertzberg
Judy Kiern
Marcia Lewis
Nancy Lenehan
Roxanne Gregory
Robert Urich
J.p. Bumstead
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Ramon Bieri
Paula Hoffman
Virginia Hawkins
Bill Stayers
Keith Rogers
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Dabney Coleman
Stephen Burns
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 25, 1979
The telefilm received a Film Advisory Board Award of Excellence.
Original title: "A New Life."