Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story

Name: Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story
Cast: Caroline Dhavernas, Amy Sloan, Graeme Somerville, Vlasta Vrana, Kent McQuaid

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This made-for-TV bio-pic is about Marilyn Bell, a Canadian teenager who, in 1954, was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario. She won the Toronto Canadian National Exhibition prize after Florence Chadwick, a then-famous American swimmer who was widely expected to win, dropped out in the middle of the race. Half of this heart-warming movie is devoted to the 21 hour swim in which the 16-year old Bell is exhorted by her pushy coach Gus Ryder not to give up.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Manon BriandWriter: Karen Walton

Caroline Dhavernas

as Marilyn Bell

Amy Sloan

as Joan

Graeme Somerville

as George Bryant

Vlasta Vrana

as George McBlair

Kent McQuaid

as Myron Peters

Lisa Bronwyn Moore

as Patsy MacKinnon

Ron White

as Gus Ryder

Claudia Besso

as Florence Chadwick

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