16 Nov 2002
EMMY-WINNING ACTRESS LINDSAY WAGNER TOOK HOME HONORS FOR HER WORK AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. SHE WAS GRACIOUSLY MAKING THE ROUNDS THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE BOSTON CENTER FOR THE ARTS' CYCLORAMA, WHERE THE MASSACHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO CHILDREN HOSTED ITS ANNUAL "FAMILY AFFAIR" FUND-RAISER. THE MSPCC ALSO HONORED WORCESTER NATIVE DR. MICHAEL DURFEE AND HIS WIFE, DEANNE TILTON DURFEE. HE IS A PSYCHOLOGIST AND EXPERT IN CHILD-FATALITY REVIEW IN CALIFORNIA; SHE IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTER-AGENCY ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. AS FOR WAGNER, SHE'S AN ADVOCATE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND KIDS' RIGHTS. SHE BECAME FRIENDS WITH DEANNE DURFEE AFTER ASKING FOR ADVICE ON THE 1986 TV MOVIE "CHILD'S CRY," IN WHICH WAGNER PLAYS A SOCIAL WORKER. "I'VE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE," WAGNER SAID OF HER WORK AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. ON A LESS SERIOUS NOTE: WAGNER WAS SO NICE THAT WE COULD NOT BRING OURSELVES TO PESTER HER ABOUT HER "BIONIC WOMAN" DAYS!
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