The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
5th episode of the 11th season of ABC Afterschool Special / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" is a 1983 episode of the American television anthology series ABC Afterschool Special, starring Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh, Leif Green and Rosemary Murphy.
"The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" | |
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ABC Afterschool Special episode | |
Episode no. | Season 11 Episode 5 |
Directed by | Sharron Miller |
Written by | Arthur Heinemann |
Produced by | Preston Fischer Sharron Miller Joanne Curley-Kerner |
Original air date | February 9, 1983 (1983-02-09) |
Dick Clark was the executive producer under the auspices of his company, Dick Clark Productions. It was produced by Preston Fischer, Sharron Miller, and Joanne Curley-Kerner, and was directed by Sharron Miller and written by Arthur Heinemann. It tells the extraordinary true story of Leslie Lemke, a blind, cognitively impaired boy with cerebral palsy who was raised from infancy by a foster mother who stubbornly refused to let him die. Because of her love and dedication, he not only survived but was discovered to be a musical savant.[1]
The New York Times called it one of the most famous of all Afterschool Specials.[citation needed]