What Makes a Family (2001)
Janine and Sandy are a lesbian couple who decide to have a baby, but after a few years Sandy dies. This tragedy is exploited by Sandy's parents to snatch the girl from Janine's care. But then, and despite having the laws against her, Janine decides to fight in order to regain custody of her daughter.
Drama
TV Movie
Cast & Crew
Brooke Shields
Janine Nielssen
Cherry Jones
Sandy Cataldi
Whoopi Goldberg
Terry Harrison
Anne Meara
Evelyn Cataldi
Al Waxman
Frank Cataldi
Jordy Benattar
Heather Cataldi
Melanie Nicholls-King
Nora
Stewart Arnott
Peter
Joanne Vannicola
Melissa
Roberta Maxwell
Claire
Dean McDermott
O'Brien
Sean McCann
Judge Black
Philip Williams
Martin Crane
Jayne Eastwood
Judge Shales
George Buza
Reverend Greg Wasney
Cayle Chernin
ICU Nurse
Tony Devon
Gene
Roger Dunn
Professor
Richard Fitzpatrick
Michael
Joyce Gordon
Tanned Woman
Dawn Greenhalgh
Dr. Gage
Andrew Moodie
ICU Nurse Cecil
Neil Meron, Cis Corman, Whoopi Goldberg, Barbra Streisand, Craig Zadan
Executive Producer
Wendy Grean
Producer
Maggie Greenwald
Director
Robert L. Freedman
Writer
