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Kramer wanted to cast Burt Lancaster because Lancaster had a troubled child of his own (his son Bill had polio that made one of his legs shorter than the other). [4] Ingrid Bergman , Katharine Hepburn , and Elizabeth Taylor were considered for the role of Jean Hansen, which ultimately went to Judy Garland, who previously had worked with ...
The cast of Breathe at the premiere for the film; in order from left to right Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish, Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy and Diana Cavendish. Upon release, the film received generally mixed reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 68%, based on 168 reviews and a weighted average ...
The film takes place in mid-1950s Daytona Beach, Florida, centering on Maryellen Larkin's life together with her big family, longing to stand out among her siblings and other relatives, and how she helped a number of young patients at a polio ward, Maryellen herself had polio. [2] [1] [3] [4]
The Sessions is a 2012 American drama film written and directed by Ben Lewin.It is based on the 1990 article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" by Mark O'Brien, a poet paralyzed from the neck down due to polio, who hired a sex surrogate to lose his virginity.
Warm Springs is a 2005 made-for-television biography drama film directed by Joseph Sargent, written by Margaret Nagle, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Cynthia Nixon, Kathy Bates, Tim Blake Nelson, Jane Alexander, and David Paymer.
Actor who played Carlo Rizzi in the 1972 movie The Godfather. He contracted polio at age seven, and spent five years in a state hospital. [15] Donald Sutherland: 1935 – 2024: Sutherland contracted polio as a child and developed a love of reading while bedridden. He went on to become an actor, and has appeared in over 130 films. [16] [17]
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The documentary explored his spiritual struggle coping with his disability; he had to use an iron lung much of the time due to childhood polio. O'Brien died on July 4, 1999, from post-polio syndrome. [3]