Nobody's Child (1986) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 5, 1986

Original Title:
Nobody's Child

Genres:
Drama | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Gaylord Productions

Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 100

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.

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Assistant Makeup Artist:
Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil

Associate Editor:
Cindy Kaplan Rooney

Casting:
Mary Calquhoun
Sid Kozak

Co-Producer:
Milton Justice

Costume Design:
Carol Oditz

Director:
Lee Grant

Director of Photography:
Sven Nykvist

Editor:
Alan Heim

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Stacy Williams

Executive Producer:
Dyson Lovell

First Assistant Director:
Brad Turner

Hairstylist:
Donna Bis
Toni-Ann Walker

Location Manager:
Colleen Nystedt

Makeup Artist:
Linda A. Brown
E. Thomas Case

Original Music Composer:
Michael Small

Post Production Supervisor:
Robert Warmflash

Producer:
Joseph Feury

Production Design:
Keith Hein

Production Manager:
Justis Greene

Script Supervisor:
Jean Bereziuk

Second Assistant Director:
Karen Robyn

Set Decoration:
Della Mae Johnston
Linda Vipond

Sound Editor:
Ron Kalish
Magdaline Volaitis

Sound Mixer:
Claude Hazanavicius

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Jack Cooley

Third Assistant Director:
T. W. Peacocke

Writer:
Mary Gallagher
Ara Watson

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