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Ambulance Girl is a 2005 made-for-television film starring Kathy Bates and Robin Thomas. It premiered in the United States on September 12, 2005 on the Lifetime network.

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The film is based on the memoir by Jane Stern, Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself by Becoming an EMT. The teleplay was written by Alan Hines and the film was directed by Kathy Bates. [1] [2]

Kathy Bates plays Jane Stern, a food writer who becomes an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT).

Accolades

Bates received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie, [3] but lost to Helen Mirren for her role in Elizabeth I . The film received two Prism Award nominations, one for Best Miniseries or TV Movie and the other for Performance in a Miniseries or TV Movie. The film did not win either nomination.

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References

  1. Ambulance Girl: How I Saved Myself By Becoming an EMT. amazon.com. April 2004. ISBN   1400048699.
  2. "Ambulance Girl". emmys.com. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. Nathan Southern (2013). "Ambulance Girl (2005)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.