Anya's Bell

Anya's Bell

1999•1h 37m•6.0/10

DramaTV Movie

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.0/10(10)

Inspirational tale set in the late 1940s involving an elderly blind woman with a unique collection of bells in her home and a dyslexic 12-year-old boy who form an offbeat friendship to help each other overcome a disability.

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Production

Lett-Reese International Productions, Erratic Entertainment Inc., Universal Television

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Della Reese

Della Reese

Anya Herpick

Mason Gamble

Mason Gamble

Scott Rhymes

Tom Cavanagh

Tom Cavanagh

Patrick Birmingham

Nancy McLoughlin

Nancy McLoughlin

Lila

Kelly Rowan

Kelly Rowan

Jeanne Rhymes

Mary Parker Williams

Miss Jenkins

Clayton Taylor

Billy

Hamilton Lucas

Rich

Curley Green

Preacher

Robert E. Hartenberger

Mr. Taft

Elizabeth Thornell

Trudy Mullnucks

Alan Fann

Mr. Lempke

Mary Bishop

Woman

J. Scott Bronson

J. Scott Bronson

Mechanic

Jay Bernard

Clarence

Dennis Saylor

Monte

Sandra Shotwell

Cora

Shane McLoughlin

Steve

Katharine Clark Reilly

Mrs. Hughes

Carleton Bluford

Carleton Bluford

Herby

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