Norma Rae (1979)

03/02/1979 1h 50m

The story of a woman with the courage to risk everything for what she believes is right.

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Overview

Norma Rae is a southern textile worker employed in a factory with intolerable working conditions. This concern about the situation gives her the gumption to be the key associate to a visiting labor union organizer. Together, they undertake the difficult, and possibly dangerous, struggle to unionize her factory.

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Cast Ages at Release

Sally Field

as Norma Rae

Born 11/06/1946, age

Beau Bridges

as Sonny

Born 12/09/1941, age

Ron Leibman

as Reuben

Born 10/11/1937

Died 12/06/2019, age

Pat Hingle

as Vernon

Born 07/19/1924

Died 01/03/2009, age

Barbara Baxley

as Leona

Born 01/01/1923

Died 06/07/1990, age

Gail Strickland

as Bonnie Mae

Born 05/18/1947, age

John Calvin

as Ellis Harper

Born 11/29/1947, age

Grace Zabriskie

as Linette Odum

Born 05/17/1941, age

Gregory Walcott

as Lamar Miller

Born 01/13/1928

Died 03/20/2015, age

Noble Willingham

as Leroy Mason

Born 08/31/1931

Died 01/17/2004, age

Lonny Chapman

as Gardner

Born 10/01/1920

Died 10/12/2007, age

Frank McRae

as James Brown

Born 06/03/1942

Died 04/29/2021, age

Martin Ritt

as Factory Worker (uncredited)

Born 03/02/1914

Died 12/08/1990, age