The Family Nobody Wanted
| Author | Helen Doss |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Boston, Toronto Little Brown and Company |
Publication date | 1954 |
The Family Nobody Wanted is a 1954 memoir by Helen Doss (née Grigsby). It retells the story of how Doss and her husband Carl, a Methodist minister, adopted twelve children of various ethnic backgrounds besides White Americans (Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, Mexican, and Native American).[1] The couple appeared on a 1954 episode of You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx, where they talked about their story.
The story was featured in a 1956 episode of Playhouse 90 directed by a young John Frankenheimer and made into a 1975 TV movie starring Shirley Jones of The Partridge Family fame.
References
- ↑ "The Family Nobody Wanted". upne.com. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
External links
- The Family Nobody Wanted (Playhouse 90 episode) at the Internet Movie Database
- The Family Nobody Wanted (1975 Television movie) at the Internet Movie Database