Mrs Delafield Wants to Marry (1986)
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry was especially written by playwright James Prideaux for Katharine Hepburn. It would have been impractical to attempt a live staging, so the script was committed to a TV movie, under the direction of Hallmark Hall of Fame veteran George Schafer. Hepburn plays another… More Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry was especially written by playwright James Prideaux for Katharine Hepburn. It would have been impractical to attempt a live staging, so the script was committed to a TV movie, under the direction of Hallmark Hall of Fame veteran George Schafer. Hepburn plays another variation on the indomitable elderly lady that has become her forte in the past decade. Here she is Margaret Delafield, a wealthy WASP widow who falls in love with the divorced Jewish doctor (Harold J. Stone) who has saved her life. The clucking tongues of both her family and the doctor's will not dissuade her: Mrs. Delafield stands her ground in a climactic scene reminiscent of the actress' earlier Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (67). Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry is formula all down the line, but every latter-day Katharine Hepburn performance deserves to be treasured (though the film itself hardly warranted the three-page TV Guide article written by Ms. Hepburn herself). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Schaefer
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 30, 1986 Wide
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Cast
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Karen Austin
as Office Worker
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Bibi Besch
as Doreen Delafield
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Babs Chula
as Frieda
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Denholm Elliott
as George Parker
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Brenda Forbes
as Gladys Parker
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Harold Gould
as Dr. Marvin Elias
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Thomas Heaton
as Harrison
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Katharine Hepburn
as Margaret Delafield
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Suzanne Lederer
as Shirley Elias
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Norma MacMillan
as Miss Fry
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John Pleshette
as David Elias
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Ted Stidder
as Old Billy
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David Ogden Stiers
as Horton Delafield
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Kathryn Walker
as Sarah
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Charles Frank
as Chipper Delafield
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Janet Hodgkinson
as Marie
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Wally Marsh
as Man in Men's Club
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Antony Holland
as Reverend Brooks
