Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry

Mar 30, 1986

1h 35m

★ 5.5

Love's still lovely the second time around

Overview

A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.

Genres

Comedy

Romance

TV Movie

Production Companies

Schaefer/Karpf Productions

Gaylord Productions

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Cast

Margaret Delafield

Katharine Hepburn

Doreen Delafield

Bibi Besch

George Parker

Denholm Elliott

Gladys Parker

Brenda Forbes

Chipper Delafield

Charles Frank

Dr. Marvin Elias

Harold Gould

Shirley Elias

Suzanne Lederer

David Eilas

John Pleshette

Horton Delafield

David Ogden Stiers

Sarah

Kathryn Walker

Frieda

Babs Chula

Karen

Daphne Goldrick

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