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Charms for the Easy Life
Overview
The story of three women who live in a North Carolina town and defy the traditional roles set forth for them by society.
Director and cast
- Joan Micklin Silver Director
- Gena Rowlands as Charlie Kate Birch
- Mimi Rogers as Sophia
- Susan May Pratt as Margaret
- Geordie Johnson as Richard Baines
- Kenneth Mitchell as Tom Hawkins III
- Wayne Robson as Doctor
- Kayla Perlmutter as Margaret (child)
- Kirsten Kieferle as Charlie Kate (1909)
- Cristine Rotenberg Cast
- Sylvie Weir Cast
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