Sister Kenny (1946) is a biographical film about Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian bush nurse, who fought to help people who suffered from polio, despite opposition from the medical establishment. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Alexander Knox, and Philip Merivale.The movie was adapted by Alexander Knox, Mary McCarthy Milton Gunzburg (uncredited) and Dudley Nichols from the book And They Shall Walk, by Elizabeth Kenny and Martha Ostenso, and directed by Dudley Nichols.The "Sister" in the title does not refer to being a nun, rather, it is the term for a nurse in the Australian Army.
Kelly's Gully, near Warialda, New South Wales, Australia
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Fact
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Is buried in Nobby Cemetery, Nobby, Queensland, Australia.
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She was not a nun or a sister in a religious order or congregation. "Sister" is the term used for army nurses in the Australian and British armies. Elizabeth Kenny became known as Sister Kenny during her years as a nurse in the Australian army.
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Year
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Sister Kenny
1946
based on "And They Shall Walk" by - as Elizabeth Kenny
$1.9 Million
