Ladies of the House

This article is about the 2008 Hallmark film. For the 2014 horror film, see The Ladies of the House.

2008 American TV series or program

Ladies of the House

Written by| Karen Struck
Directed by| James A. Contner
Starring| Florence Henderson
Donna Mills
Pam Grier
Theme music composer| Alex Wilkinson
Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
Production
Producers| Robert Halmi, Jr.
Larry Levinson
Michael Moran
Cinematography| Brian Shanley
Editor| Colleen Halsey
Running time| 120 minutes
Production company| Faith & Family Entertainment
Original release
Network| Hallmark Channel
Release| October 18, 2008 (2008-10-18)

Ladies of the House is a television movie made-for-TV movie that aired on Hallmark Channel in October 2008. It stars Florence Henderson, Donna Mills, and Pam Grier.

## Plot

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A house owned by a church, to be sold to fund the day care center, is in need of major remodeling. The pastor enlists three women to take on the project: Birdie (Pam Grier), Rose (Florence Henderson), and Elizabeth (Donna Mills). Initially they want to hire someone to do it all, but as their budget is limited, they realize they must to do it themselves. As they remodel the decrepit house, Elizabeth discovers her marriage is over, Birdie deals with her husband's retirement, and Rose copes with the news that her husband (Lance Henriksen), has been diagnosed with cancer. They also make unlikely friendships with men at the local hardware store, and their intimidating neighbor, Junior.

## Cast

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* Florence Henderson as Rose Olmstead
* Donna Mills as Elizabeth Waldman
* Pam Grier as Roberta "Birdie" Marchand
* Lance Henriksen as Frank Olmstead
* Gordon Thomson as Richard Waldman
* Michael Ensign as Pastor Wesley
* Richard Roundtree as Stan Marchand
* Lobo Sebastian as Junior

## Reception

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Ladies of the House did fairly well for Hallmark Channel: it received a 1.9 household rating and delivered over 1.6 million homes and 2.9 million total viewers on the day of its premiere, ranking it as the second-highest-rated ad-supported cable movie of the week and boosting the network to rank sixth in Prime Time for the day. The movie also doubled their October-to-date Prime Time rating among women between the ages of 25-54.[1]

## External links

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* Ladies of the House at IMDb
* Ladies of the House on Hallmark Channel
* Ladies of the House on Hallmark Channel's press site

## References

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1. ^ Hallmark Channel Press Release 21 October 2008[permanent dead link]