Revolving around Truvy's Beauty Parlor in a small parish in modern-day Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS is the story of a close-knit circle of friends whose lives come together there. As the picture opens, we find Drum Eatenton shooting birds in the trees of his back yard in preparation for his daughter's wedding reception that afternoon. Shortly thereafter, M'Lynn and Shelby (Drum's wife and daughter) depart for Truvy's to get their hair done for the wedding. "Just the sweetest thing," Annelle Depuy Desoto (who may or may not be married because her marriage may not be legal) is introduced to Truvy's customers as her new "glamour technician." While in the chairs, the sour-tempered Ouiser Boudreaux shows up and entertains the assemblage with her barbs. It seems that the only one of the group who truly understands Ouiser is Clairee who is recently widowed and looking for a diversion. As she says, later in the picture, "If you can't find anything good to say about anybody, come sit by me." Filled with humor and heartbreak, these "Steel Magnolias" make us laugh and cry as the realities of their lives in tiny Chiquapin Parish unfolds.

Sally FIeld as M'Lynn Eatenton
Dolly Parton as Truvy Jones
Shirley MacLaine as Ouiser Boudreaux
Daryl Hannah as Annelle Dupuy Desoto
Olympia Dukakis as Clairee Belcher
Julie Roberts as Shelby Eatenton Latcherie
Tom Skerritt as Drum Eatenton
Sam Shepard as Spud Jones
Dylon McDermott as Jackson Latcherie
Kevin J. O'Connor as Sammy Desoto
Bill McCutcheon as Owen Jenkins
Ann Wedgeworth as Aunt Fern
Knowl Johnson as Tommy Eatenton
Jonathan Ward as Jonathan Eatenton
Bibi Besch as Belle Marmillion




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