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Secrets of a Mother and Daughter (1983)

TV Movie | 120 min | Drama

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A widowed mother, Ava Pryce (Katharine Ross) and daughter Susan Decker (Linda Hamilton) clash over the same man, the owner of a West Coast restaurant Alex Shepherd (Michael Nouri) -- Ava is still painfully adjusting to her new role of ...See moreA widowed mother, Ava Pryce (Katharine Ross) and daughter Susan Decker (Linda Hamilton) clash over the same man, the owner of a West Coast restaurant Alex Shepherd (Michael Nouri) -- Ava is still painfully adjusting to her new role of widow. Once a Hollywood starlet, she had been married to a fabulously successful corporation lawyer. Meanwhile, Susan is having marriage problems and decides to move in with mom at the family's beach house in Malibu. Alex is immediately smitten by Ava and begins talking about a serious relationship. They go to bed together but she remains withdrawn, presumably because of the death of her husband. Easily puzzled, Alex turns for consolation to a more than willing student. Through a series of plotting machinations, he does not know that she is Ava's daughter and she does not know that he is her mother's lover. So we are left with mommy and her kid, having their own problems with each other, bedding down with the same man. See less

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17 cast members

Name	STARmeter	Known for
Katharine Ross Ava Pryce Ava Pryce See fewer	Top 5000	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Linda Hamilton Susan Decker Susan Decker See fewer	Top 5000	Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Michael Nouri Alex Shepherd Alex Shepherd See fewer	Top 5000	The Hidden (1987)
Bibi Besch Tessa Beaumont Tessa Beaumont See fewer	Members only	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Mary Beth Evans Kitty Beaumont Kitty Beaumont See fewer	Members only	Days of Our Lives (1965)
Paul Keenan Nicky Nicky See fewer	Members only	Dynasty (1981)
Joanna Barnes Carina Carina See fewer	Members only	Auntie Mame (1958)
Maidie Norman Neddy Neddy See fewer	Members only	What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Joshua Bryant Barry Barry See fewer	Members only	Night Gallery (1969)
Shannon Farnon Gwen Gwen See fewer	Members only	Rumor Has It... (2005)
Jackie Joseph Syndey Wolfe Syndey Wolfe See fewer	Members only	Gremlins (1984)
Ray Girardin Abe - the Bartender Abe - the Bartender See fewer	Members only	Hollywood Man (1976)
J.P. Burns Benjamin Hewitt Benjamin Hewitt See fewer	Members only	The Big Valley (1965)
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Twyla Littleton Model Model See fewer	Members only	Ruthless People (1986)
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Sean O'Kane The Escort (uncredited) The Escort (uncredited) See fewer	Members only	The Saint (1997)