Half a Dozen Babies

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Half a Dozen Babies

1999

1h 36m

7.8(4 votes)

Drama

Overview

Told she was unlikely to conceive, a woman taking fertility drugs gives birth to sextuplets.

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9 members

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Melissa Reeves

Becki Dilley

Acting

Scott Reeves

Keith Dilley

Acting

Judith Ivey

Doris Stauffer

Acting

Philip Craig

Loren Stauffer

Acting

Teri Garr

Lee Dilley

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Kate McNeil

Lynda Smirz

Acting

Tamsin Kelsey

Dr. Lee Braxton

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Nigel Bennett

David McLaughlin

Acting

Ruth Marshall

Nina Angstrom

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