Sunshine is a 1973 made - for - television docudrama, directed by Joseph Sargent and produced by George Eckstein, about a young wife and mother who dies of cancer at age 20. The film stars Cristina Raines in the lead role of Kate Hayden (Raines ' first big movie role), Cliff DeYoung as Kate 's husband Sam Hayden, and twins Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush as Jill, Kate and Sam 's daughter, as a toddler. It originally aired on CBS as an episode of the CBS Friday Night Movie on November 9, 1973. When first aired, Sunshine was the most watched made - for - TV film in history. The film uses John Denver 's song "Sunshine on My Shoulders '' as a theme.
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