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Barbara Niven
Born: 26th Feb 1953 Portland, Oregon, USA
Dept: Acting
Barbara Niven is an American actress, writer and producer, best known for her performances in Hallmark and Lifetime movies, and for television roles and independent films. She is also a motivational speaker, media trainer, and animal rights activist and spokesperson as a National Ambassador for American Humane.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 97
Film: 86 (89%)
Television: 11 (11%)
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Filmography
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Career-driven nonprofit executive Chelsea Martin travels to Paris with her confident rival-turned-ally, Jason Knightly to secure a major donation but ... view
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Hannah's set to marry Ross, but a dessert contest turns sour when celebrity chef Duquesne is murdered. Juggling nuptials and competition, she must unr ... view
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Delores Swensen
2026
When a suspect in a forgery case is murdered and the prosecutor goes missing, Hannah and Chad must uncover how the two cases are connected and solve t ... view
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Delores
2026
Hannah finds a body at the grand re-opening of the Lake Eden Inn. When a storm traps everyone inside, Hannah must find the culprit before the road cle ... view
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Delores Swensen
2025
When a baby boy shows up on their doorstep days before Christmas with a note written specially for them, Erin and Kelly must learn how to navigate the ... view
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Betty Mitchell
2025
When Hannah's customer and Delores' theater rival is murdered, Hannah must find her killer in order to save her mother's reputation. Chad and Hannah's ... view
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Delores Swensen
2025
Hannah's favorite reality show takes over The Cookie Jar. When the producer is found dead, Hannah and Norman team up to track down the killer. Chad in ... view
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Delores Swensen
2024
Leah Meyer, a Jewish woman who has always dreamed of experiencing a traditional Christmas, faces unexpected challenges when she spends the holidays wi ... view
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Barbara
2024
Hannah and Chad flirt with their own paths to solve the same murder while working to clear a colleague who is implicated in the crime. Meanwhile, Delo ... view
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Delores Swensen
2024
Hannah Swensen has been asked to teach a baking class at the college in town, but her equipment is tampered with causing an explosion that the fire de ... view
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Delores Swensen
2023
Brett Harper is a successful novelist who depended on his wife Jillian to write the last paragraph of every book. And then, she died in a car accident ... view
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Jillian Harper
2023
When Ms. Christmas, a shopping channel host, receives a terminal diagnosis, she heads on a multi-city excursion to spread Christmas cheer. ... view
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Gayle
2023
They say the real estate business is deadly, but no one is more surprised than Hannah Swensen when her mother, Delores, discovers the dead body of the ... view
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Delores Swensen
2023
A skeleton found in Lake Eden reveals the true identity of a beloved resident. Despite her fiancé's disapproval, Hannah investigates the murder and e ... view
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Delores Swensen
2022
When Romy and Rick’s parents surprise them with the news that they will be closing the Chinese restaurant they have owned and operated for decades, ... view
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Jane
2022
Suzanne McBride is excited to spend her birthday with her family. It will be the first time that her three adopted daughters will be together in years ... view
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Suzanne
2021
Exes Lara and Ben compete in a Christmas contest to win money for the charity of their choosing. The city watches them battle and choose what is more ... view
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Donna
2021
As Hannah and Mike experience engaged life while balancing their busy careers, a murder at a 24-hour gym complicates their wedding planning. ... view
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Delores Swensen
2021
Tess gets invited to be a part of a popular game show, but when the host is unexpectedly murdered, she and Detective Logan O'Connor seek to uncover wh ... view
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Candace
2021
After volunteering to participate in a crossword solving competition with a new supercomputer, crossword puzzle editor Tess Harper finds herself swept ... view
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Aunt Candace
2020
As Michelle’s wedding approaches, Hannah steps up to help finish the launch of the new Evergreen museum while questioning her relationship and futur ... view
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Carol Shaw
2020
Maddie, a reporter for a Norfolk newspaper, embarks on a Tiger Cruise during Christmastime where she meets a handsome naval officer and stumbles upon ... view
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Elizabeth
2020
During her birthday celebration, Tess and Logan find themselves swept up in a world that isn't always what it seems when the headlining magician at th ... view
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Aunt Candace
2019
A skeptical writer shows up in Evergreen to get the scoop on the town's famed passion for Christmas during a search for a long-lost time capsule. ... view
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Carol Shaw
2019
When an old friend of New York Sentinel Crosswords editor Tess Harper is found murdered on the very day her puzzle includes his proposal of marriage, ... view
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Aunt Candace
2019
A workaholic hospital director is forced to re-examine her rigid lifestyle when a free-wheeling EMS pilot enters her life. ... view
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Virginia Beauman
2019
A crossword puzzle editor finds her life completely disrupted when several of the clues in her recent puzzles are linked to unsolved crimes, and she i ... view
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Aunt Candace
2019
When chef Hank makes a deal with frozen food executive Maggie to save his restaurant, their unexpected attraction complicates matters, leaving Maggie ... view
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Andrea
2018
Lisa's trip home to Evergreen for the holidays finds her shepherding an effort to save the town's beloved general store, fulfilling the wishes of a Ch ... view
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Carol Shaw
2017
Allie, a veterinarian in Evergreen, reluctantly will spend Christmas with her long-distance boyfriend. Bound for the airport, she has engine trouble, ... view
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Carol
2017
Retrospective documentary on the making of the low-budget horror slasher film Psycho Cop Returns (1993). ... view
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Self
2017
Hannah Swensen is thrilled when she is chosen as a guest for the first Eden Lake Dessert Bake-Off, but when fellow judge, Coach Bishop is found murder ... view
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Delores Swensen
2017
Feeling disconnected with her teenage son, a protective mother decides to step outside of her comfort zone and take him camping. But as soon as she ar ... view
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Beverly
Aug 2016 (first aired)
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters. ... view
Character:
Megan O'Brien (55 ep.)
2016
Bakery owner Hannah Swensen just can't keep her hands out of the batter when murder stirs things up in Lake Eden, Minnesota, leaving the sheriff dead, ... view
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Delores Swensen
2016
With The Cookie Jar, Hannah Swensen has a mouthwatering monopoly on the bakery business of Lake Eden, Minnesota. But when a rival store opens, and one ... view
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Delores Swensen
2015
A modern Shakespearean actor must travel back in time to confront enigmatic forces from the past and future. ... view
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Sarah Goodman
2015
A bubbly bride-to-be’s Christmas plans take an unexpected turn when her holiday flight to New York is detoured and she encounters a cynical bar mana ... view
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Susan Collins
2015
A young bakeshop owner’s holiday season takes a surprising turn when she finds a body at a local Christmas tree lot and winds up involved in a dange ... view
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Delores Swensen
2015
Based on the New York Times bestselling book, Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke, the film will take viewers on a mouthwatering mystery that ... view
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Delores Swensen
2014
An awkward, unemployed man who can talk to the dead teams up with a rebellious bartender to find the vengeful ghost that's been terrorizing their town ... view
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Eve
2014
When a woman with multiple personality disorder finds herself uncontrollably chasing danger, she's ready to end it all. Can a relationship with one go ... view
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Julie
2013
Gay Kyle Peoples never wanted to be the man he has become in his 30s, an accountant stuck in a dead end job, with a lover who is more successful than ... view
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Madelaine
2012
After a woman kills a home invasion robber in self-defense, his vengeful girlfriend befriends her at a crime victim support group and sets about tryin ... view
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Tricia Patterson
2012
This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecc ... view
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Rebecca Westridge
2012
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological famil ... view
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Evelyn Wells
2012
When Eric and Marsha break off their long-term relationship, journalist Eric is able to weather it pretty well. He still has his long time canine comp ... view
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Ms. Andrews
2009
A teenager is accused of murdering a classmate and claims that she was framed by her best friend. Her mother must try to find the truth. ... view
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Claire Werner
2009
A demented handyman comes to the rescue of a young woman, then imprisons her in his basement. ... view
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Gaia Hoxey
Apr 2009 (first aired)
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawne ... view
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June Hartwell (1 ep.)
2009
When a sudden, unexplained rise in local temperatures threatens to turn Los Angeles County into a parched, lifeless desert, one scientist must put her ... view
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Gouverneur Carol Quinlan
2008
Mel, a photo journalist, gets suspicious when her best friend Danny start dating Olivia a wealthy but mysterious woman. She enlists the help of her as ... view
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Tiffany Collins
2008
After three years, Nick's estranged daughter Holly returns home to find the spirit of Christmas in Santaville has dwindled, taking the family business ... view
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Ginny
2008
Carolinian Blake Beckett (Pepper Sweeney), the son of a stock car racing legend, is a 4-time short track racing champion. Blake never made it to the s ... view
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Audrey Beckett
2008
When Alyssa's 17-year-old son Jason commits suicide, something doesn't sit right. As she and her daughter Danni begin to take a deeper look in the cir ... view
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Alyssa Harris
Jan 2008 (first aired)
Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco re ... view
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Ellen Wethersby (2 ep.)
2007
A gorgeous young automobile fanatic--and front to the hottest unsigned band on the West Coast--finds herself caught up in illegal drag-racing competit ... view
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Sally Martin
2007
In this Valentine’s Day riff on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, a cynical, superficial radio talk show host is visited by the ghost of her pre ... view
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Jackie Marley
2007
Mike McBride is a curmudgeon with a heart of gold. He takes cases based on their merit rather than on their monetary value, which often leads to terse ... view
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Claire Whitman
2006
Three friends' love for volleyball is tested to the limit when their school burns to the ground and they are forced to join a rival school in order to ... view
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Peggy McDonald
2006
A retired lawyer and his daughter investigates a murder that had taken place in their new home. However, the two are unaware of the the dangers they a ... view
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Lauren Kessler
2006
When former TV star Clint Taylor brings his Wild West show into town, murder becomes the featured attraction for bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey. Sama ... view
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Annie
2006
Two women jokingly agree to kill each others' husbands. Then one really does and blackmails the other into killing her own. ... view
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Suzanne Debson
2005
A disturbed new neighbor fixates on another woman's husband. ... view
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Donna Germaine
2005
To escape her abusive spouse, Sarah fakes her own death and flees. Seems like a good plan, right? Sadly, it doesn't take her estranged husband long to ... view
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Christine Goudet
2005
After befriending a patient and then losing her to cancer, Dr. Sydney Ludwick decides to take some much needed time off to attend the 20th anniversary ... view
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Connie Murray
May 2005 (first aired)
Aspiring restaurateurs brave Ramsay and his fiery command of the kitchen as he puts the competitors through an intense culinary academy to prove they ... view
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Self - Restaurant Patron (1 ep.)
2005
A serial killer targeting the city's mobsters taunts police with clues and photos left behind at the crime scenes. A veteran cop takes on a rookie par ... view
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Patricia King
2004
The unthinkable strikes when the advanced MRI scanner within a hospital forces Dr. Colleen O'Brian to choose between her superiors and a desperate fat ... view
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Dr. Sloan
2004
On its last leg homeward, from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to San Diego, the USS Constellation hosts a jolly "tiger cruise" for US Navy, Marines and USNAF re ... view
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Kate Dolan
2003
Carol Cartman, a tempestuous talk show host, is a high-heeled, high-maintenance Scrooge. This insensitive, self-centered and stingy woman is about to ... view
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Sexy TV Star
Sep 2003 (first aired)
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Mari ... view
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Elaine Burns (1 ep.)
Sep 2003 (first aired)
Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run th ... view
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Alice Gold (1 ep.)
2000
Max never had the good things in life. A life of crime was his only legacy. So when he discovers an unknown brother, to whom fortune has granted all t ... view
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Sandy Kennington
1998
Kelly's new husband Nick begins behaving oddly, showing a surprising desire to make babies and shun his drinking buddies. Little does she know he's no ... view
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Linda
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose p ... view
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Helen Jenkins (2 ep.)
1998
After a brief flash-forward to Frank Sinatra as an old man, saying "I miss my guys," the movie's main narrative begins during high points in the solo ... view
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Marilyn Monroe
1998
Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to k ... view
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Donna Noland
1997
We follow the two Texas doctors who invented the modern breast implant and its surgical procedure. However, when success and money come their way, the ... view
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Cindy
Sep 1997 (first aired)
Pensacola: Wings of Gold is a syndicated American action/adventure drama series based at the Naval Air Station Pensacola in Pensacola, Florida. ... view
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Kate (44 ep.)
1997
Six years after stopping a multi-national arms deal that would have wiped out Los Angeles, Agent Enrico Costa (Franco Columbu) is tracked down at his ... view
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Veronica
1996
McKenna, the spirit of Tanglewood Forest, can transform into a bear, a wolf or an eagle. When a gang of evil lumberjacks led by Travis Thorne arrive i ... view
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Stacy Franklin
1996
A secret government experiment turns nightmarish when genetically altered fish, bred as amphibious weapons, escape. Scientists believe them dead after ... view
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Fran Taylor
1996
The story of five teenage girls who form an unlikely bond after beating up a teacher who has sexually harassed them. They build a solid friendship but ... view
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Goldie's Stepmother
1996
Steamy erotic thriller centering on Opella and Dan, a couple whose sexual fantasies get so wild, Dan wants to put a stop to them. When Opella is disco ... view
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Monica Stienman
1996
Kurenai travels to Las Vegas to search for his father's killer. Broke and with nowhere to stay he seeks refuge in an alley where he hears cries for he ... view
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Jane Costello
1995
A man finally meets his daughter-in-law for the first time when his son tragically dies. He and the rest of the family like her, but she has a deadly ... view
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Ashley Hawkins
1995
A drug lord's prison connections make this a dangerous and deadly assignment for undercover FBI agent Danielle Peters. ... view
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Tina Lam
1994
A beautiful secret agent recruits a local sculptor to aid her in rescuing a presidential candidate's kidnapped mistress. ... view
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Veronica
1993
A group of office workers decide to have a party in the office building. Among other things, they want to have some drugs there. Their conversation on ... view
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Sharon
1993
A masked killer has murdered a young girl's parents and is now stalking her. It seems that her father had developed a secret formula that would end wo ... view
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Pamela Raby
1990
A fashion photographer and seven models travel to a South American island fortress, ostensibly to do a fashion shoot. In reality, the photographer is ... view
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Sheila
Apr 1990 (first aired)
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and em ... view
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Susan (1 ep.)
1990
A woman finds out that her biological father, a professional race car driver, was murdered twenty years ago and the murderer or murderers are still on ... view
Character:
Laura Hart
Sep 1987 (first aired)
Joey and Michael, who fought over the same woman 13 years ago now have, upon her death, been awarded joint custody of her daughter - who might be eith ... view
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Veronica Miles (1 ep.)
1986
Bob returns home for his mother’s funeral knowing that he must fulfill a promise made 30 years earlier—to care for his younger brother DJ, who is ... view
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Joan