Terms of Endearment (1983) Cast & Crew

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Directed by James L. Brooks.

Cast

• Shirley MacLaine as Aurora Greenway
• Debra Winger as Emma Greenway Horton
• Jack Nicholson as Garrett Breedlove
• Danny DeVito as Vernon Dahlart
• Jeff Daniels as Flap Horton
• John Lithgow as Sam Burns
• Lisa Hart Carroll as Patsy Clark
• Betty King as Rosie Dunlop
• Huckleberry Fox as Teddy Horton
• Troy Bishop as Tommy Horton
• Shane Serwin as Younger Tommy Horton
• Megan Morris as Melanie Horton
• Tara Yeakey as Baby Melanie
• Norman Bennett as Edward Johnson
• Jennifer Josey as Young Emma
• Kate Charleson as Janice
• Tom Wees as Dr. Budge
• Paul Menzel as Dr. Maise
• F. William Parker as Doctor
• Amanda Watkins as Meg
• Buddy Gilbert as Dr. Ratcher
• David Wohl as Phil
• Shelley K. Nielsen as Nurse
• Bette Croissant as Nurse
• Charles Beall as Rudyard's Employer
• Lelise Folse as Doris
• Sharisse Baker-Bernard as Lee Anne
• Judy Dickerson as Checkout Girl
• Devon O'Brien as Lizbeth
• Dana Vance as Victoria
• Alexandra O'Karma as Jane
• Nancy Mette as Woman at Party
• Holly Holmberg Brooks as T.J.
• Lear Levin as Jack Stern
• Albert Brooks as Rudyard Greenway (voice)
• Lanier Whilden as Patsy's Mother
• Helen Stauffer as Flap's Secretary
• Barbara Balik as Woman
• Michelle Watkins as Woman
• John C. Conger as Moving Man

Crew

• Michael Gore — Original Music Composer
• James L. Brooks — Screenplay
• Andrzej Bartkowiak — Director of Photography
• Larry McMurtry — Novel
• James L. Brooks — Producer
• James L. Brooks — Director

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