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Yesterday's Children

Yesterday's Children

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Yesterday's Children

"Are they dreams... or memories?"

2000

1h 33m

7.5(32 votes)

Drama

TV Movie

Overview

After having strange dreams, Jenny Cole discovers that in her last incarnation she was Mary Sutton, an Irishwoman who died in the 1930s. Suspicious, Jenny goes to Ireland to investigate her past life.

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Production Companies

Cosgrove/Meurer Productions

CBS

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Jane Seymour

Jane Seymour

Jenny Cole / Mary Sutton

Clancy Brown

Clancy Brown

Doug Cole

Kyle Howard

Kyle Howard

Kevin Cole

Denis Conway

Denis Conway

Father Kelly

Eoin McCarthy

John Sutton

Cillian Caffrey

Young Sonny

Stanley Anderson

Stanley Anderson

Dr. Christopher Garrison

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Maggie

Hume Cronyn

Hume Cronyn

Old Sonny Sutton

Peadar Lamb

Arthur McSweeney

Creative team

Directed by: Marcus Cole
Written by: Richard Leder
Sarah Bird
Produced by: Jay Benson

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