The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 40 years old

This is a made for tv adaptation of Barbara Robinson's novel The Best Christmas Pageant Ever. Loretta Swit of M*A*S*H stars as Grace Bradley who inherits the job of running her church's Christmas pageant when the woman who usually does it breaks her leg tripping over the extremely long wire she has on her telephone.Not only does Grace inherit this disaster it gets worse when the Herdman kids - all six of them. The Herdmans are notorious for abusing each other and stealing from and abusing other kids as well. They smoke, steal, lie, bully and generally create havoc in their town.Their father disappeared years earlier and mother works two shifts at the shoe factory to support herself and the kids while the kids run wild.But this WILL be the best Christmas pageant ever when the Herdman kids learn the Christmas story and about the true meaning of Christmas.

Credits

Fairuza Balk as Beth Bradley

Debbie Rochon as Church Goer (uncredited)

Loretta Swit as Grace Bradley

Anthony Holland as Rev. Hopkins

Jackson Davies as Bob Bradley

Lynne Gorman as Mrs. Clausing

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Cast

Name	Character
Fairuza Balk She was 9, now 49 years old	as Beth Bradley
Debbie Rochon She was 15, now 55 years old	as Church Goer (uncredited)
Loretta Swit She was 46, now 86 years old	as Grace Bradley
Anthony Holland He was 55, 60 years old when he died	as Rev. Hopkins
Jackson Davies He was 33, now 74 years old	as Bob Bradley
Lynne Gorman	as Mrs. Clausing
Janet Wright She was 38, 71 years old when she died	as Helen Armstrong

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Crew

Name	Department
Andy Blumenthal as Editor.	Editing
George Schaefer as Director. He was 63 (60) years old when He died	Directing
Barbara Robinson as Writer. She was 56 (85) years old when She died	Writing
Barbara Robinson as Screenplay. She was 56 (85) years old when She died	Writing

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (40 years)

Release day: Sunday, December 25, 1983
Runtime: 48 minutes