Nobody's Child

100 mins
Fact-based drama about the life of Marie Balter, who spent most of her young life in mental institutions. At age 16, she first attempted suicide and the next 20 years she spent in and out of the institutions. At last, a caring doctor started treating her for extreme depression and panic disorder. Weened from strong medications she had taken all her life, at age 36, she emerged for the last time and started a rehabilitation program in the home of a volunteer married couple. There she met a fellow patient with whom she developed a romantic relationship. She also started a college degree. This followed with a long-term professional success in the field of mental health.

Marlo Thomas

Marie Balter

Ray Baker

Joe Balter

Caroline Kava

Dr. Blackwell

Kathy Baker

Lucy Stavros

Campbell Lane

Mr. Edmond

Vanessa Santos

Little Marie

Donna Ford

Marie at 16

Garwin Sanford

Dr. Pitteo

Sheila Moore

Dr. Sara Steppe

Don MacKay

Dr. Baldanza

Betty Phillips

Mother Superior

Sven Nykvist

Director of Photography

Joseph Feury

Producer

Milton Justice

Co-Producer

Brad Turner

First Assistant Director

Jean Bereziuk

Script Supervisor

Ron Kalish

Sound Editor

Colleen Nystedt

Location Manager

Jack Cooley

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Justis Greene

Production Manager

T. W. Peacocke

Third Assistant Director

Cindy Kaplan Rooney

Associate Editor

Karen Robyn

Second Assistant Director

Magdaline Volaitis

Sound Editor

Robert Warmflash

Post Production Supervisor

Stacy Williams

Executive In Charge Of Production

Sid Kozak

Casting

Lee Grant

Director

Della Mae Johnston

Set Decoration

Linda Vipond

Set Decoration

Donna Bis

Hairstylist

Keith Hein

Production Design

Toni-Ann Walker

Hairstylist

Dyson Lovell

Executive Producer

Alan Heim

Editor

Linda A. Brown

Makeup Artist

Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil

Assistant Makeup Artist

E. Thomas Case

Makeup Artist

Michael Small

Original Music Composer

Carol Oditz

Costume Design

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