For Hope is a 1996 ABC TV movie starring Dana Delany and directed by Bob Saget. Based on Saget's sister Gay, the movie showed the experience of a young woman fatally afflicted with the disease scleroderma. Other cast members included Tracy Nelson and Chris Demetral.
Dana Delany had to have some significant prosthetic makeup applied to simulate the various degrees of disfigurement the main character, Hope, experienced as a result of the disease. blank">http://www.themakeupgallery.info/disfigured/disfigured/hope.htm
The original airing achieved the top _Nielsen Ratings for the time slot. The movie has periodically been re-reun on various TV channels, and is available on DVD and VHS for a $20 donation at the blank">Scleroderma Research Foundation(415-834-9444).
An extra feature of the movie was that it included a cameo appearance by Scleroderma Research Foundation founder _Sharon Monsky.
The film is based on the actual experiences of the director Saget, Bob, whose sister Gay died 2 years after the diagnosis of scleroderma.
In real life, Bob Saget has three daughters named: Aubrey, Lara and Jenny; in this film their names are: Audrey, Laura, Penny.
