Sister Kenny (1946)

Name: Sister Kenny
Genre: Drama
Released: 1946-10-10
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi

A woman made for love... but whose service to humanity became her destiny!

Drama

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.

Release Date: October 10, 1946
Runtime: 1h 56m
Rating: 6.9/10 (19 votes)

Director: Dudley Nichols

Cast: Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, Dean Jagger, Philip Merivale, Beulah Bondi, Charles Dingle, John Litel, Doreen McCann

Production: RKO Radio Pictures

nurse biography medical drama

IMDb

Full Cast (120 people)

Rosalind Russell as Elizabeth Kenny
Alexander Knox as Dr. McDonnell
Dean Jagger as Kevin Connors
Philip Merivale as Dr. Brack
Beulah Bondi as Mary Kenny
Charles Dingle as Michael Kenny
John Litel as Medical Director
Doreen McCann as Dorrie
Fay Helm as Mrs. McIntyre
Charles Kemper as Mr. McIntyre
Dorothy Peterson as Agnes
Jane Allen as Woman (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor as Doctor (uncredited)
Walter Baldwin as Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Richard Bartell as Doctor (uncredited)
George Barton as Doctor (uncredited)
Mary Bayless as Nurse (uncredited)
Joseph E. Bernard as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Bonnie Blair as Waitress (uncredited)
Lee Bonnell as San Francisco Reporter (uncredited)
Egon Brecher as Frenchman (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Johnson (uncredited)
Bobby Burns as Parent at Clinic (uncredited)
Al Choals as Doctor (uncredited)
Sally Cleaves as Woman (uncredited)
Connie Conrad as Doctor (uncredited)
Edith Conrad as Doctor (uncredited)
Ellen Corby as Hospital Scrub Woman (uncredited)
Jeanne Criswell as Woman (uncredited)
Sheryl Deauville as Singing Child with Polio (uncredited)

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Sister Kenny

A woman made for love... but whose service to humanity became her destiny!

Drama

Sister Kenny

A woman made for love... but whose service to humanity became her destiny!

Drama

6.9

116 min

1946

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.

A woman made for love... but whose service to humanity became her destiny!

6.9

116 min

1946

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.