Awakenings (1990) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Penny Marshall.

Cast

• Robert De Niro as Leonard Lowe
• Robin Williams as Malcolm Sayer
• John Heard as Dr. Kaufman
• Julie Kavner as Eleanor Costello
• Penelope Ann Miller as Paula
• Ruth Nelson as Mrs. Lowe
• Max von Sydow as Peter Ingham
• Anne Meara as Miriam
• Dexter Gordon as Rolando
• George Martin as Frank
• Alice Drummond as Lucy Fishman
• Richard Libertini as Sidney
• Laura Esterman as Lolly
• Barton Heyman as Bert
• Judith Malina as Rose
• Mary Alice as Nurse Margaret
• Keith Diamond as Anthony
• Bradley Whitford as Dr. Tyler
• John Christopher Jones as Dr. Sullivan
• Mary Catherine Wright as Nurse Beth
• Jayne Haynes as Frances
• Le Clanché du Rand as Magda
• Yusef Bulos as Joseph
• Steven Randazzo as Luis
• Gloria Harper as Dottie
• Gwyllum Evans as Desmond
• Steve Vinovich as Ray
• Tiger Haynes as Janitor
• Harvey Miller as Hospital Director
• Tanya Berezin as Psychiatrist
• Peter Stormare as Neurochemist
• Shane Fistell as Man in Hall
• Waheedah Ahmad as Hysterical Woman
• Charles Keating as Mr. Kean
• Christina Huertes as Christina
• Linda Burns as Fishsticks
• Judy Jacksina as Hospital Receptionist
• Gary Tacon as George
• Rico Elias as Orderly #1
• Mel Gorham as Nurse Sara

Crew

• Penny Marshall — Director
• Miroslav Ondříček — Director of Photography
• Walter F. Parkes — Producer
• Lawrence Lasker — Producer
• Steven Zaillian — Screenplay
• Randy Newman — Original Music Composer

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