Velvet Celebrity Digest

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Reese Witherspoon seemed to be a natural in front of the camera, even as early as 1991. The actor starred in a Lifetime movie you may have forgotten about, "Wildflower" (according to IMDb). Directed by Diane Keaton, this adaptation of Sara Flanigan's book "Alice" featured a young Reese Witherspoon. Just 15 years old at the time of the film's straight-to-television release, Witherspoon held her own alongside other actors who either were or would grow into household names, like Patricia Arquette and Beau Bridges (according to the Los Angeles Times).

The film, set in 1938 in Georgia, follows the plot of Flanigan's Southern gothic novel. In the movie, two siblings — played by Witherspoon and William McNamara — find a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy (played by Patricia Arquette) in an abusive family (according to TCM and IMDb). The siblings work to free their new friend of her confinement and help her lead a better life.