Danielle Steel's Star | |
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Genre | Drama Romance |
Based on | Star by Danielle Steel |
Written by | Claire Labine |
Directed by | Michael Miller |
Starring | Jennie Garth Craig Bierko Terry Farrell |
Music by | Lee Holdridge |
Production | |
Executive producer | Douglas S. Cramer |
Producer | Elaine Rich |
Production locations | Arden Villa - 1145 Arden Road, Pasadena, California |
Cinematography | Alex Nepomniaschy |
Editor | Janet Bartels-Vandagriff |
Production companies | NBC Productions (in association with) Schoolfield Productions The Cramer Company |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 20, 1993 |
Danielle Steel's Star is a 1993 American made-for-television film starring Jennie Garth, Craig Bierko, Terry Farrell, Penny Fuller and Mitchell Ryan. This film is based on the 1989 novel Star by author Danielle Steel and is set in the 1970s. It was directed by Michael Miller and written by Danielle Steel and Claire Labine. Crystal Wyatt's singing voice during the song Timeless Love was performed by Megon McDonough (credited as Megan McDonough). [1]
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