A beautiful, bittersweet comedy set in deep south Louisiana, STEEL MAGNOLIAS unites talents of America's finest actresses as six very special friends bonded together by mutual triumphs and tragedies. Despite their differences, beautiful and impulsive Shelby (Julia Roberts), her strong-willed mother, M'Lynn (Sally Field), beauty parlour owner Truvy (Dolly Parton), elegant wealthy widow, Clairee (Olympia Dukakis), sharp-tongued Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine) and mousey newcomer Annelle (Daryl Hannah) enjoy a friendship that spans the boundaries of age and status. Sharing each other's strength and loyalty, these six remarkable women survive the cycles of life, birth and death to emerge stronger, closer and still laughing.