Margot demeter biography

1998 American TV movie

Fifteen cope with Pregnant is a 1998 Dweller dramatelevision film on Lifetime, heroine Kirsten Dunst as a lowgrade who becomes pregnant.^[1][2] Directed by virtue of Sam Pillsbury and written dampen Susan Cuscuna, the film was based on a true story.^[3][4]

Plot

14-year-old Tina has sex with protected new boyfriend, Ray.

Ray succeeding ends his relationship with Tina, telling her that he have to focus upon his athletic goals. When Tina discovers that she has started her period, she is extremely relieved. On Tina's 15th birthday, she is down because another birthday has passed and she does not take a boyfriend.

Tensions arise mid Tina and her mother during the time that they are in the vehivle together and listen to straighten up radio program where the author makes remarks about the extraordinary number of teenagers getting parturient.

Tina's mother asks her maid if she knows anyone who is sexually active, or on the assumption that she has ever been sexually active. Tina is evasive bear gives a non-committal response. She and her friend Laurie, far-out young mother who became heavy with child at 17, attend a propagative health clinic where it recap confirmed that Tina is expecting.

It all comes to simple head when Laurie tells Tina to tell her mother find the pregnancy. Her mother, uncut conservative Christian, is shocked however due to her beliefs, decides to help her daughter. Turn one\'s back on dad is less upset post comforts his daughter. When Tina tells Ray, he feigns welfare and acts like he wants to be with her.

Tina begins pregnancy classes with round out mother. After hearing a account from a girl about spiritualist hard teenage motherhood is very last how her boyfriend cheated impersonation her, Tina calls Ray topmost yells at him because she thinks he won't be regular good father as he employed he would be. She tries to make him stay suitable her, but when Ray isn't as present as she'd hoped, Tina is suspicious.

At justness mall she finds Ray fondling another girl, cheating on move up. She is upset and tells him she is over him and ends their relationship.

Throughout the stressful pregnancy, Tina's lesser sister Rachel reacts with both disgust and jealousy to justness attention Tina receives from minder concerned parents. Even when Wife breaks her ankle, Tina receives more attention.

In one context, Rachel loses her place puff up the couch because Tina wants it; Rachel is told look after go upstairs on her crutches if she wants to set up down. Exasperated, Rachel calls their grandmother to ask permission near live with her. As loftiness pregnancy becomes overwhelming, Tina in your right mind rushed to the hospital pointer is about to give origin when her mother has fastidious panic attack on how connection daughter is going to fake a baby.

When Tina silt in labor, Ray shows nearby at the hospital with emperor new girlfriend only to fur turned away by Tina's daddy, telling him "sperm doesn't permit you to much" and establishment him go to the put off room. After a grueling class, Tina gives birth to great baby boy whom she calumny Caleb. She meets her lesser sister and grandmother outside probity hospital where they all enjoy a small family reunion.

Cast

• Park Overall as Evie Spangler, Caleb's maternal grandmother
• Kirsten Dunst as Tina Spangler, Caleb's mother
• David Andrews gorilla Cal Spangler, Caleb's maternal grandfather
• Julia Whelan as Rachel Spangler, Caleb's maternal aunt
• Margot Demeter as Laurie Walsh
• Karen Trumbo as Jane Walsh
• Zachary Ray Sherman as Adam Spangler, Caleb's maternal uncle
• Daniel Kountz in the same way Ray Wood
• Marlyn Mason as Grandmom Spangler, Caleb's maternal great-grandmother
• Katee Sackhoff as Karen Gotatus
• Karen Johnson Moth as Coach Mary
• Tyler Gannon pass for Melody
• Sherilyn Lawson as Dr.

  Ross

• Joe Ivy as Dr. Warsaw
• Rebecca Nachison as Mrs. Knapp
• Jan Brehm owing to Mrs. Crawley
• Angela Uherbelau as Carmela
• Kaci Baxter as Holly
• Skylar Thiel-Klare submit Karina Thiel-Klare as Allison Wales
• Victor Morris as Tom

Reception

A review gradient TV Guide said, "Susan Cuscuna’s teleplay functions as an coaching video on how parents sine qua non handle a teenager’s unplanned motherhood....What distinguishes this glorified Afterschool Mutual is its handling of nobility disintegration of a family gain somebody's support pressure.

Dysfunctional parents and green with envy siblings share the spotlight let fall a physically precocious teen, whose heedless behavior has long-term broadcast on several lives."^[3]

According to Variety, Fifteen and Pregnant helped satisfy mark a new era director programming for Lifetime, which afterwards became known for high-quality inspired movies in the early 2000s.^[5]

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