Anne of Green Gables (1985)
- Starring:
- Megan Follows, Colleen Dewhurst, (more)
- Director(s):
- Kevin Sullivan
- Category:
- Television, Family & Kids
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Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel Anne of Green Gables, previously filmed in 1934, was afforded a TV-movie treatment in 1985. Megan Follows stars as 13-year-old Anne Shirley, an orphan girl sent to live with a foster family on Canada's Prince Edward Island. Though she has great difficulty controlling her temper, impulsiveness and vivid imagination, Anne eventually wins over her new guardians, domineering Marilla Cuthbert (Colleen Dewhurst) and Marilla's shy brother Matthew (Richard Farnsworth). Anne's secondary adventures concern her "bosom friend" Diana (Schuyler Grant) and her supposed enemy Gilbert Blythe (Jonathan Crombie). Anne of Green Gables was offered on American television as a 3-part presentation on PBS' Wonderworks; it aired from February 17 through March 3, 1986. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 195 mins
Complete Cast of Anne of Green Gables
- Megan Follows - Anne Shirley
- Richard Farnsworth - Mathew Cuthbert
- Schuyler Grant - Diana Barry
- Wendy Lyon - Prissy Andrews
- Samantha Langevin - Mrs. Blewett
- Miranda de Pencier - Josie Pye
- Dawn Greenhalgh - Mrs. Cadbury
- Charmion King-Pinsent - Aunt Josephine
- Rosemary Radcliffe - Mrs. Barry
- Sandra Scott - Mrs. Harrington
- Zack Ward - Mody Sprugeon
- Jennifer Inch - Ruby Gillis
- Jayne Eastwood - Mrs. Hammond
- David Hughes - Thomas Lynde
- Vivian Reis - Mrs. Spencer
- Jennifer Irwin - Student
- Colleen Dewhurst - Marilla Cuthbert
- Jonathan Crombie - Gilbert Blythe
- Christiane Kruger - Mrs. Allan
- Patricia Hamilton - Rachel Lynde
- Joachim Hansen - John Sadler
- Marilyn Lightstone - Miss Stacy
- Jack Mather - Station Master
- Mag Ruffman - Alice Lawson
- Nancy Beatty - Essie
- Paul Brown - Mr. Phillips
- Cedric Smith - Rev. Allan
- Sean McCann - Dr. O'Reilly
- Robert Collins - Mr. Barry
- Anna Ferguson - Punch Woman
- David Roberts - Tom
- Jackie Burroughs - Mrs. Amelia Evans
- Director(s):
- Kevin Sullivan
- Writer(s):
- Joe Wiesenfeld, Kevin Sullivan
- Producer(s):
- Ian McDougall, Kevin Sullivan
- Categories:
- Television, Family & Kids
- 1986 - Academy of Television Arts and Sciences - Outstanding Children's Program
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