Nobody's Child
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Lee Grant
Ray Baker
Stefania Destefanis
Joseph Golland
Lucinda Nielsen
Joseph Cafariello
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In an Emmy Award-winning performance (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special), Marlo Thomas starred as the real-life Marie Balter, a Massachusetts woman who spent 20 years in a mental institution and confounded physicians who considered her incapable of leading a normal life. She ultimately went on to college and earned a Masters Degree from Harvard, later becoming a mental health administrator.
Initially called "The Marie Balter Story," it won a Christopher Award and was director Lee Grant's second made-for-television movie in that capacity, and cinematographer Sven Nykvist, longtime associate of Ingmar Bergman, here made his American television debut. Filming was done on location in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Director
Lee Grant
Cast
Ray Baker
Stefania Destefanis
Joseph Golland
Lucinda Nielsen
Joseph Cafariello
Joy Coghill
Garwin Sanford
Susan Williamson
Vanessa Santos
Nancy Beatty
Todd Duckworth
Madeleine Sherwood
Sandra Seacat
Patricia Ludwick
Anna Maria Horsford
Tom Heaton
Campbell Lane
Betty Phillips
Don Mackay
Michael Higgins
Jason Priestley
Anthony Holland
Karen Austin
Kathy Baker
Pierre Lamielle
William S Taylor
Donna Cox
Donna Ford
Sheila Moore
Marlo Thomas
Caroline Kava
Peter Yunker
Jackson Davies
Blanche Baker
Scott David Patko
William Nunn
Carla Marosits
Crew
Mark Angus
Chris August
John Bartley
Morgan Beggs
Jean Bereziuk
Donna Bis
Nancy Black
Cyrus Block
Sally Boldt
Linda A Brown
Carol Byron
Mary Calquhoun
Tom Case
Vancouver Children's Choir
Jack Cooley
Doug Craik
Joe Deihl
Joseph Feury
Mary Gallagher
Chris Glyn-jones
Dave Gordon
Justis Greene
Claude Hazanavicius
Alan Heim
Keith R Hein
Jim Jasrezebski
Kevin Jewison
Della Johnston
Milton Justice
Ron Kalish
Sid Kozak
Don Lane
Rachel Letterman
Dyson Lovell
Andrew Mclean
Thierry Morlaas
Roberta Morris-purdee
Sven Nykvist
Colleen Elizebeth Nystedt
Carol Oditz
Emily Paine
Thomas Pankiewich
Phil Parker
T. W. Peacocke
Larry Radin
Karen Robyn
Cindy Kaplan Rooney
Barbara Ann Schoemaker
Arnold Shuster
Michael Small
Karen A Stewart
Monique Stranan
Grant Swan
Brad Turner
Ian Urquhart
Tony Vietri
Linda Vipond
Magdaline Volaitis
Toni-ann Walker
Robert Warmflash
Ara Watson
Roy B Yokelson
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States April 6, 1986
