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from June 29, 2009 to January 29, 2010 on Mondays to Fridays at 20:25 for 155 episodes.

Plot

Two women became widows on the same day, same hour. Ha Yoon-jung becomes the matriarch of her husband's family, supporting them because she feels guilty about her husband's disappearance. Oh Dong-ja, Yoon-jung's sister-in-law, has been living with Yoon-jung's help as well. After the terrifying day when they lost their husbands, the two women have been living as each other's friend and companion. However, they become implacable enemies because of their children, since their daughters are rivals in love. And then Yoon-jung's husband, whom everyone assumed was dead, suddenly appears before them as the future father-in-law of Dong-ja's son.

Cast

;The Widows' family *

as Ha Yoon-jung (Soo-hyun's mother) *

as Oh Dong-ja (Jin-woo & Jin-kyung's mother) * Kim Young-ok as Park Jung-nyeo (mother-in-law/grandmother) *

as Han Soo-hyun **Kim Ji-won as young Soo-hyun *

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as Han Jin-woo *

as Han Jin-kyung ;Lee family *

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as Lee Chul *Lee Joong-moon as Lee Han (older brother) *Choi Joo-bong as Lee Jang (father) *Kim Bo-mi as Lee Jung-sook (aunt, Lee Jang's sister) ;Kang family *

as Kang Na-yoon *

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as Na Eun-hye (mother) *

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as Kang Shin-wook (stepfather, Eun-hye's husband) *

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as Kang Na-jung (Eun-hye & Shin-ok's daughter) ;Extended cast *

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as Lee Joon-woo *Kim Seok-ok as Joon-woo's mother *

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as Moon Goon (Yoon-jung's auto mechanic) *Han Seol-ah as Mi-kyung (Han Jin-kyung's friend) *Jung Sung-woon as Min Kyung-hyun (animation producer) * Lee Da-in as Cha Seung-min *Kim Do-yeon

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{hancinema film, Jolly_Widows, Jolly Widows Korean Broadcasting System television dramas 2009 South Korean television series debuts 2010 South Korean television series endings Korean-language television shows South Korean romance television series