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Mar 28, 2014 · Robert Harling wrote Steel Magnolias - celebrating its 25th anniversary - after his beloved sister Susan died from diabetes complications. Susan left behind her two-year-old son Robert. Her...
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Jul 28, 2017 · We caught up with writer Robert Harling for a look back at his iconic play, which debuted off-Broadway 30 years ago. By Maria Carter Published: Jul 28, 2017. Save Article. It's been 30 years since Steel Magnolias, the play that inspired the iconic film by the same name, opened off-Broadway.
Steel Magnolias is a 1989 American comedy-drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts.
May 17, 2023 · Robert Harling, the author and creator of Steel Magnolias, lost his sister Susan Harling-Robinson, from diabetic complications. A friend had advised Harling to write down the story as a way to come to terms with everything that had happened.
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Steel Magnolias is a stage play by American writer Robert Harling, based on his experience with his sister's death. The play is a comedy-drama about the bond among a group of Southern women in northwest Louisiana.
May 30, 2019 · One which mirrors the true story of the sister of its creator, Robert Harling, who penned the original stage version about his sister Susan, who died of complications from Type 1 diabetes. Shortly after giving birth to a baby boy in 1983, Susan's circulatory system and kidneys began to fail.
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