SISTER ACT TURNS 30
New Zealand Woman's Weekly|October 31, 2022
They sang, they danced and they left us rolling in the aisles, praying for more. It’s been 30 years since Whoopi Goldberg and her posse of nuns took the box office by storm. Here, we reveal some behind-the-scenes secrets of the divine 1992 comedy
SISTER ACT TURNS 30

Tell it to the judge!

Donna Douglas is best known for her role as Elly May Clampett in the ’60s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. After the massive success of Sister Act, which took $395 million at the box office, the actress filed a lawsuit against the movie’s makers, claiming they’d stolen the story from a script she’d sent Disney in the ’80s. Donna was hoping for a payday to match the enormous wealth her legendary sitcom character enjoyed (the Beverly Hillbillies were a poor family who struck oil on their rural patch of land and moved to the salubrious LA neighbourhood to live the high life), but the judge found against her. 

Bette's bad call 

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