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Nobody's Child

7.4 100 mins Drama   TV Movie   1986
Gaylord Productions  
Director(s): Lee Grant

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.

Casts of Nobody's Child

Marlo Thomas

as Marie Balter

Ray Baker

as Joe Balter

Caroline Kava

as Dr. Blackwell

Kathy Baker

as Lucy Stavros

Campbell Lane

as Mr. Edmond

Vanessa Santos

as Little Marie

Donna Ford

as Marie at 16

William Nunn

as Pa

Stefania DeStefanis

as Ma Bartello

Karen Elizabeth Austin

as Natural Mother

Garwin Sanford

as Dr. Pitteo

Joseph Golland

as Dr. Potts

Sheila Moore

as Dr. Sara Steppe

Antony Holland

as Dr. Burt

Don MacKay

as Dr. Baldanza

Nancy Beatty

as Lee

Sandra Seacat

as Barbara

Todd Duckworth

as Alan

Tom Heaton

as Jim

Betty Phillips

as Mother Superior

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