''She's No Angel'' is a 2001

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directed and written by

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, loosely based on the novel ''I Married a Dead Man'' by

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Plot

Donald (

Kevin Dobson Kevin Patrick Dobson (March 18, 1943 – September 6, 2020) was an American film and television actor, best known for his roles as Detective Bobby Crocker, the trusted protege of Lt. Theo Kojak (played by Telly Savalas) in the CBS crime ...

) and Maureen (

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) are a married couple who get horrible news: their son was involved in a car accident and has died. Liddy (

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), his wife, has never met Donald and Maureen. Despite that, they take her in, because she is all alone. They soon discover she is not an angel to live with.

Cast

as Liddy Carlyle *

as Donald Shawnessy *

as Maureen Shawnessy *

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as Jed Benton *

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as Jackie Furst * Michelle Jones as Catherine Shawnessy * Nathan Anderson as Sean Shawnessy 2001 television films 2001 films American television films 2000s English-language films {{US-tv-film-stub