''The Blackwater Lightship'' is a 2004 '' Hallmark Hall of Fame''

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adaptation of the novel '' The Blackwater Lightship'' by acclaimed Irish author

Colm Tóibín Colm Tóibín (, approximately ; born 30 May 1955) is an Irish novelist, short story writer, essayist, journalist, critic, playwright and poet. His first novel, '' The South'', was published in 1990. '' The Blackwater Lightship'' was shortlis ...

. It aired on

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on February 4, 2004. The movie stars

Angela Lansbury Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury (October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022) was an Irish-British and American film, stage, and television actress. Her career spanned eight decades, much of it in the United States, and her work received a great deal ...

Gina McKee Georgina "Gina" McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress. She won the 1997 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for '' Our Friends in the North'' (1996), and earned subsequent nominations for '' The Lost Prince'' (2003) and '' The Street'' ...

Sam Robards Samuel Prideaux Robards (born December 16, 1961) is an American actor, best known for his role as Henry Swinton in the film ''A.I. Artificial Intelligence''. Early life and education Robards was born in New York City, the son of actor Jason Roba ...

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, and Keith McErlean. Lansbury received an Emmy nomination for it in 2004.

Cast

as Lily Devereux Breen *

as Helen Breen O'Doherty * Keith McErlean as Declan Breen *

as Dora Devereux * Marijka Bardin as Young Helen Breen *

Sean Campion Sean Campion (born 20 December 1959) is an Irish actor known for his portrayal as Virginio Orsini in the historical drama television series '' Borgia''. In theatre, he is best known for his portrayal as Jake Quinn in Marie Jones's '' Stones in H ...

as Michael Breen *

Barry Cassin John Finbar Cassin (23 November 1924 – 14 January 2017), known professionally as Barry Cassin, was an Irish television, stage and screen actor. On stage, he is best known for his role in the production of ''Twelve Angry Men''. On screen, Cassi ...

as Fr. Griffin * Angela Harding as Mrs. Byrne * Laura Hughes as Anne * Ruth McCabe as Dr. Louise * Frank McCusker as Harry * Maria McDermottroe as Madge Kehoe *

Dearbhla Molloy Dearbhla Molloy (; born 1946) is an Irish actress. Early life Molloy was born to John Molloy and Evelyn Ryan and grew up on Yellow Walls Road in Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of seven children. She attended an Irish-language s ...

as Essie Kehoe * Brían F. O'Byrne as Larry * Kevin O'Dwyer as Young Declan Breen * David Parnell as Dr. Kerwin *

as Paul * Macdara Ó Fátharta (billed as Macdara O'Fatharta) as Grandad

Notes

*This was the first and only Hallmark Hall of Fame movie to be aired on a Wednesday instead of a Sunday, due to CBS airing the Super Bowl XXXVIII on Sunday, February 1. *This is also the second Hallmark Hall of Fame movie in which Angela Lansbury stars in, the first being '' The Shell Seekers''.

References

External links

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