Celebration Family (1987) is a made for television drama film. It is based on the real story of a married couple, James and Janet Marston, who, after discovering that they are not able to have more children naturally, start to adopt instead. The result was a family of sixteen children, who were often sick, disabled or suffered from behavioural problems.

Starring

• James Read as James Marston
• Stephanie Zimbalist as Janet Marston
• Royce D. Applegate as Shawn
• Ed Begley, Jr. as Jake Foreman
• Olivia Burnette as Ellie
• Anne Haney as Judge Gelson
• Vaughn Tyree Jelks as Ricky
• Diane Ladd as Mrs. Heflin

Trivia

Olivia Burnette was nominated in 1988 for the Young Artist Awards as the Best Young Actress Under Ten Years of Age in Television or Motion Pictures.