''The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick'' is a 1988 American made-for-television romantic comedy film starring

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Judy Geeson Judith Amanda Geeson (born 10 September 1948) is an English film, stage, and television actress. She began her career primarily working on British television series, with a leading role on '' The Newcomers'' from 1965 to 1967, before making he ...

Jenny O'Hara Patricia Joanne "Jenny" O'Hara (born February 24, 1942) is an American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for Dixie in ''My Sister Sam'' (1986–1988), Janet Heffernan in ''The King of Queens'' (2001–2007), and Nita in ''B ...

and

Dick O'Neill Richard Francis O'Neill (August 29, 1928 – November 17, 1998) was an American stage, film and television character actor best known for playing Irish cops, fathers, judges and army generals. He began his acting career as an original company ...

. It was broadcast on

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on October 7, 1988. The film's

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in newspaper and magazine ads was: ''A modern-day Cinderella has an absolute ball with high society!''

Plot summary

A modern-day

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tale about a grocery-store cashier named Kathy McCormick (Barbara Eden) who becomes a member of local

high society High society, sometimes simply society, is the behavior and lifestyle of people with the highest levels of wealth and social status. It includes their related affiliations, social events and practices. Upscale social clubs were open to men based ...

through a series of misunderstandings and when she tells her society peers she works at The Market, they believe she's talking about the

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. While attending a charity luncheon, she meets and falls in love with Grant Sherwood (Josh Taylor), a wealthy playboy who is unaware of her true identity.

Cast

as Kathy McCormick *

as Grant Sherwood *

Judith-Marie Bergan Judith-Marie Bergan was an American film, television and stage actress, known for starring in the Joseph Zito films ''Abduction'' and ''Bloodrage''. She appeared in the television series, ''Brothers'', and had a recurring role in '' Soap'' and in ...

as Janice *

as Babs *

as Lisa *

Robert Costanzo Robert Jason Costanzo (born October 20, 1942) is an American film, television and voice actor. He has an acting career spanning over 40 years and is often found playing surly New York City types such as crooks, low-level workers and policemen, a ...

as Sid *

Jennifer Savidge Jennifer Savidge is an American actress, best known for her role as Nurse Lucy Papandrao in the NBC medical drama series, ''St. Elsewhere''. She is married to actor Robert Fuller. Career Savidge has appeared in a number of television shows. Fro ...

as Marsha *

as Ray

Home media

''The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick'' was released on VHS on December 10, 1993.The Secret Life of Kathy McCormick VHS – Amazon
retrieved May 26, 2015.

References

External links

* * * * 1988 films 1988 television films 1988 romantic comedy films American romantic comedy films Films scored by Mark Snow NBC network original films 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{US-tv-film-stub