Sister Kenny (1946)
1h 56m
Running Time
October 10, 1946Release Date
Sister Kenny (1946)
1h 56m
Running Time
October 10, 1946Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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Cast & Crew.
Rosalind Russell
Elizabeth Kenny
Alexander Knox
Dr. McDonnell / Screenplay
Dean Jagger
Kevin Connors
Philip Merivale
Dr. Brack
Beulah Bondi
Mary Kenny
Charles Dingle
Michael Kenny
John Litel
Medical Director
Doreen McCann
Dorrie
Fay Helm
Mrs. McIntyre
Charles Kemper
Mr. McIntyre
Dorothy Peterson
Agnes
Jane Allen
Woman (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Doctor (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Mary McCarthy
Writer
Richard Bartell
Doctor (uncredited)
George Barton
Doctor (uncredited)
Mary Bayless
Nurse (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Alexander Tansman
Composer
Bonnie Blair
Waitress (uncredited)
George Barnes
Cinematographer
Lee Bonnell
San Francisco Reporter (uncredited)
Roland Gross
Editor
Egon Brecher
Frenchman (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Bobby Burns
Parent at Clinic (uncredited)
Al Choals
Doctor (uncredited)
Sally Cleaves
Woman (uncredited)
Connie Conrad
Doctor (uncredited)
Edith Conrad
Doctor (uncredited)
Ellen Corby
Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Jeanne Criswell
Woman (uncredited)
Sheryl Deauville
Singing Child with Polio (uncredited)
Earl Dobbins
Farmer (uncredited)
Gloria Donovan
Girl (uncredited)
Charles Dorety
Reporter (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn
Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Melinda Erickson
Girl (uncredited)
Betty Fairfax
Nurse (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Monica Folts
Girl (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Patrick O'Shea (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Reporter at Dock (uncredited)
Wilda George
Doctor (uncredited)
Betty Gillette
Nurse (uncredited)
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
Vincent Graeff
Boy (uncredited)
Karolyn Grimes
Carolyn (uncredited)
Bobby Hale
Cabby (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Mr. Smith (uncredited)
Carl Hanson
Doctor (uncredited)
Lumsden Hare
Dr. Shadrack (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
Doctor at Medical Symposium (uncredited)
Alf Haugan
Doctor (uncredited)
Mame Henderson
Girl (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Doctor (uncredited)
Gloria Holden
Mrs. McDonnell (uncredited)
Beulah Hubbard
Doctor (uncredited)
David Hughes
Doctor (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
Mr. Todd (Landlord) (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
Farmer (uncredited)
Warren Jackson
Doctor (uncredited)
Eddie Kane
Reporter (uncredited)
Edward Keane
Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Kingston
Doctor (uncredited)
Connie Lamont
Nurse (uncredited)
Bertha Ledbetter
Nurse (uncredited)
Alan Lee
Alan the Farm Hand (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
Mother (uncredited)
Nan Leslie
Nurse (uncredited)
David Levitt
Doctor (uncredited)
Orley Lindgren
Boy (uncredited)
Doris Lloyd
Matron (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Woman (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Photographer (uncredited)
Irene Mack
Woman (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Janet Sue Marx
Girl (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Doctor (uncredited)
Larry McGrath
Doctor (uncredited)
Harry McKim
Boy (uncredited)
Frank McLure
Doctor at Medical Symposium (uncredited)
Ruth Miles
Woman (uncredited)
Daphne Moore
Waitress (uncredited)
John Moss
Doctor (uncredited)
Diane Nance
Girl (uncredited)
Myra Nelson
Nurse (uncredited)
Georgie Nokes
Gordy (uncredited)
B.G. Norman
Boy (uncredited)
Noralee Norman
Girl (uncredited)
Bob O'Connor
Doctor (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal
Nurse (uncredited)
Vivien Oakland
Dr. Gideon's Secretary (uncredited)
Charles Pawley
Orderly (uncredited)
Bob Pepper
Man (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Saleslady (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Allan Ray
Photographer (uncredited)
Frank Reicher
Dr. Chuter (uncredited)
Waclaw Rekwart
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Elizabeth's Dance Partner (uncredited)
Eli Schmudkler
Newsboy (uncredited)
Dick Scott
Reporter (uncredited)
Allen D. Sewall
Man at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Lucile Sewall
Woman at Barn Dance (uncredited)
Barbara Smith
Woman (uncredited)
Warren Smith
Doctor (uncredited)
Paul Stanton
Dr. Gideon (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Doctor at Medical Conference (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
biography
nurse
medical drama
Wiki.
Sister Kenny is a 1946 American biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, and Philip Merivale.
The film was adapted by Alexander Knox, Mary McCarthy, Milton Gunzburg (uncredited), and Dudley Nichols from the book And They Shall Walk, by Elizabeth Kenny and Martha Ostenso, and directed by Dudley Nichols.
The "Sister" in the title does not refer to being a religious sister, but rather a rank she had held as a nurse in the Australian Army. It is also a term for a senior RN (which Kenny was not).
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