''Violet'' is a 1981 American

short film A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...

directed by Shelley Levinson and starring Didi Conn. It won the

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for

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in 1982. The film is based on the

Doris Betts Doris Betts (June 4, 1932 – April 21, 2012) was a short story writer, novelist, essayist and Alumni Distinguished Professor Emerita at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She was the author of three short story collections and six novels ...

short story, " The Ugliest Pilgrim," first published in the collection ''Beasts of the Southern Wild and Other Stories'' in 1973 (Harper & Row Publishers).

Cast

Didi Conn Edith "Didi" Conn (née Bernstein; born July 13, 1951) is an American actress. She is best known for her work as Frenchy in '' Grease'', Denise Stevens Downey in '' Benson'' and Stacy Jones in '' Shining Time Station''. Early life Edith Bernst ...

as Violet *Patrick Dollaghan as Monty *

Rodney Saulsberry Rodney Saulsberry is an American voice-over performer, actor, vocalist, announcer and author, known for his voice work on commercials (Twix, Zatarain's), his three books ''You Can Bank on Your Voice'', ''Step Up to the Mic'', ''Rodney Saulsberry' ...

as Flick *

Tom McGowan Thomas McGowan (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. He first became known for his stage career both on and off Broadway. In 1991, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor i ...

as Dr. Pleasance *Belle Richter as Mrs. Higgins *Doris Hess as Effie

References

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AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private non-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on stor ...

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