Based on fact, the made-for-TV drama Jewel begins in 1945, a time when children afflicted with Down Syndrome were casually and cruelly dismissed as "Mongoloid Idiots." Already a mother with four healthy, normal children, 40-year-old Mississippi woman Jewel Hilburn (Farrah Fawcett) gives birth to ...more
- Patrick Bergin - Leston Hilburn
- Geoffrey Bowes - Dr. Beaudry
- Farrah Fawcett - Jewel Hilburn
- Lynne Griffin - Nancy Tindle
- Ron Payne - Dr. Basket
- Natalie Radford - Raylene (ages 22-30)
- Cicely Tyson - Cathedral
- Gema Zamprogna - Sarah
- Maggie Huculak - Nancy
- Kim Roberts - May
- Ardon Bess - Nelson
- Peter Donaldson - Nathan White
- Shawn Lawrence - Larry Tindle
- Robin Dunne - Wilmun (ages 18-26)
- Paul W. Shapiro - Director
- Helene Lynn-Nash - Executive Producer
- Paul A. Kaufman - Executive Producer
- Terry Gould - Producer
- Chris Chrisafis - Producer
- Andrew Somper - Producer
- Susan Cooper - Screenwriter
- Bret Lott - Book Author
- Geoffrey Rowland - Editor
- Neil Grieve - Editor
- Jonathan Goldsmith - Composer (Music Score)
- Guy Lalande - Production Designer
- Frank Tidy - Cinematographer





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