The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 1980
Portrait of a Rebel: The Remarkable Mrs. Sanger
Directed by
Virgil W. Vogel
The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
The story
The dramatized biography of Margaret Sanger, the crusader who founded America's first birth control clinic during World War I and was tried in court under obscenity laws.
Cast
Bonnie FranklinMargaret Sanger
David DukesBill Sanger
Richard JohnsonHavelock Ellis
Stacy KeachJudge Murdock
Frances Lee McCainEthel Higgins
Milo O'SheaMichael Higgins
Albert SalmiBig Bill Haywood
Yvonne WilderFania Mindell
William WindomMonseigneur Soldini
Carol Eve RossenAnita
Garn StephensMollie Farber
Deborah BaltzellIda Lifshiz
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Kathleen DoyleMarvis
James KarenUntermeyer
F. William ParkerWarden Hale
Helen BollMatron #2
John CarlyleFBI Man
Joella DeffenbaughMrs. O'Hara
Anson DownesMessenger
Olive DunbarMrs. Sullivan
John Christy EwingCongressman Berger
Matthew FaisonD.A. Content
Lisbeth FieldingMatron #1
Laurence HaddonProsecutor
Maurice HillWarren Harding
Tommy G. KendrickReporter
Archie LangButler
Bob LarkinReporter #3
Russ MarinDr. Hilburn
Robert NadderDr. Rutgers
John O'LearyDr. Jessup
Jami PlattYoung Margaret
Bruce ReedJake Sacks
Glenn RobardsReporter #1
Elizabeth RuscioDolly
Shirley SlaterMrs. Thomas
Fred SlyterBailiff
Joanne StraussMrs. Daley
Jane StrudwickMabel Dodge
Bunny SummersRose
Stacy Heather TolkinPeggy
Jimmy WeldonSenator
Jason WingreenJudge Hazel
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