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My Name Is Bill W. is a 1989 ABC Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-television drama film directed by Daniel Petrie, starring James Woods, JoBeth Williams and James Garner. William G. Borchert, who wrote the film script for television, based it on the true story of William Griffith Wilson and Robert Holbrook Smith (the men respectively called "Bill W." and "Dr. Bob"), the co-founders of Alcoholics ...
Anne Ripley Smith (March 3, 1881 – June 1, 1949) was a co-founder of AA, along with her husband, Dr. Bob Smith, and Bill Wilson.. Anne Smith's influence in AA became widely known through her publication, Anne Smith's Journal, 1933-1939.
Robert Louis Wilken was born in New Orleans. [1] [2] He was raised in a Lutheran family and took his religion very seriously, having wanted to become a pastor since childhood. [3] Wilken attended Concordia College, Concordia Seminary and the University of Chicago (M.A. and Ph.D.).
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Lois Wilson (née Burnham; March 4, 1891 – October 5, 1988), also known as Lois W., was the co-founder of Al-Anon Family Groups, a 12-Step fellowship for the friends and family of alcoholics. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] She was the wife of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) co-founder Bill W.
The full title of the first pamphlet is The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: Restor'd to the Good of Both Sexes, From the Bondage of Canon Law.Its first edition was printed in August 1643, and then a much expanded, also unlicensed second edition came out in 1644.
John Chester Brooks Morris (February 16, 1901 – September 11, 1970) was an American stage, film, television, and radio actor. He had some prestigious film roles early in his career, and received an Academy Award nomination for Alibi (1929).
Bob Ross, left, and Owen Wilson, in Paint, for which the actor was inspired by Ross. (Photos: Everett Collection / IFC Films) (Photos: Everett Collection / IFC Films)