Season 1
1994 | 2 Episodes
Million Dollar Babies
Drama
- CBS
Canada
English- 1 Season (2 Episodes)
- 1994 - 1994
- Ended
The true story that shocked 1930's Canada When a poor rural Ontario family gives birth to quintuplet, the town doctor doesn't waste a second in taking over the family
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Storyline
The true story that shocked 1930's Canada. When a poor rural Ontario family gives birth to quintuplet, the town doctor doesn't waste a second in taking over the family. He helps to take care of the babies but soon turns them into a freak show. By the time the government finally gets involved, the babies are a multi-million-dollar industry. How can the desperate, uneducated parents regain their babies and bring their family back together?
Country: Canada
Type: scripted
Status: Ended
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 1994
Also Known As: Crianças de Milhões de Dólares, Million Dollar BabiesPandas: Million Dollar Babies, ミリオンダラー・ベイビーズ, Miljoonan dollarin lapset, Million dollar babies, Cinq bébés à la une, Les jumelles Dionne, Der Mutter entrissen, Cinco Gémeas Que Valem Milhões, Los niños del millón de dólares | See more »
Genres
Plot Keywords
nurse
based on novel or book
exploitation
quebec
celebrity
based on true story
miniseries
doctor
ontario, canada
period drama
quintuplets
1930s
rural life
media attention
ontario-canada
family-relationships
mother-daughter-relationship
crying
little-girl
newspaper
farm
rural-setting
manhattan-new-york-city
guardianship
family-separation
vaudeville
radio-host
newsreel
child-exploitation
greed
tourist-destination
custody-battle
canada
birth
home-birth
heavily-pregnant-mother
tv-mini-series
radio-show
nursery
great-depression
french-canadian
country-doctor
pregnant-wife
pregnancy
giving-birth
expectant-mother
expectant-father
estrangement
childbirth
baby-nurse
dionne-quintuplets
multiple-birth
what-happened-to-epilogue
based-on-book
Company Credits
Production Co: Bernard Zuckerman Productions, CBS Entertainment Production, CINAR, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Téléfilm Canada
Seasons & Episodes
Awards
Awards & Nominations
ASC Award 1995
Nominee
ASC Award
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Mini-Series
Gemini 1996
Nominee
Gemini
Best TV Movie or Mini-Series
Nominee
Gemini
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Nominee
Winner
Gemini
Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Nominee
Winner
Gemini
Best Picture Editing in a Dramatic Program or Series
Nominee
Gemini
Best Production Design or Art Direction
Nominee
Winner
Gemini
Best Costume Design
Nominee
Winner
Gemini
Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series
Nominee
Gemini
Best Sound in a Dramatic Program or Series
