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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
Steel Magnolias was far from the "true story" of Shelby. I know a lot of people that knew her in real life, as well as her Pediatrician husband who supposedly remarried 3 months after her death (to his patient's mother.) It's one of my favorite movies, but it is very fictionalized. I may have to catch the new one...but maybe not. I can't imagine anyone playing Ouiser Boudreaux but Shirley Maclaine!
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Thank you for clarifying that! I had always heard it was a true story, not loosely based.
I do know her real son has visited the Phi Mu chapter a couple times.