Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story is a 2005 Lifetime network television movie which aired on August 22, 2005.
Plot[]
The movie is a biopic about teacher and former parole officer named Marilyn Gambrell (Jami Gertz), who helped a group of students at M.B. Smiley High School in Houston, Texas.
Cast[]
- Jami Gertz as Marilyn Gambrell
- Ernie Hudson as Perry Beasley
- Eugene Clark as Reginald Spivey
- Sicily Johnson as Lisa Jones
- Stacy Meadows as Cody
- Trent Cameron as Jamal
- Edwin Hodge as Darnell
- Zak Santiago as Ed Rivera
- Regine Nehy as Valerie
- Michasha Armstrong as Frank, Jamal's Stepfather
- Ron Carothers as Jamal's Father
- Jorge Vargas as Miguel
- Karen Glave as Annette Huges
- Adrian Holmes as Lawrence (Lisa's Father)
- Karen Holness as Alice Craig
- Shaun Johnston as Mr. Pettit
- Joyce Kim as Chrissie
- Tim Koetting as Mr. Lazar
- Jamie Lewis as Sean
- Pamela Parker as Jamal's Mother
- Alejandro Rae as Jose
- Klodyne Rodney as Valerie's Mother
- Pedro Saenz as Pedro
- Ron Selmour as Ronald, Valerie's Stepfather
- Lucia Walters as Janelle, Lisa's Mother
- Marilyn Gambrell as Ms. Carter (Assembly Teacher)
- Michael-Ann Connor as Venus
- Nicole Mauffrey as Selina