Meryl Streep (Suzanne Vale), Shirley MacLaine (Doris Mann), Dennis Quaid (Jack Falkner), Gene Hackman (Regisseur Lowell), Richard Dreyfuss (Dr. Frankenthal), Rob Reiner (Joe Pierce), Mary Wickes (Großmutter), Conrad Bain (Großvater), Annette Bening (Evelyn Ames), Pepe Serna (Raoul), Peter Onorati (Kameramann), Michael Ontkean (Robert Munch), Gary Morton (Marty Wiener), Dana Ivey (Garderobenfrau), CCH Pounder (Julie Marsden), Sidney Armus (Sid Roth), Barbara Garrick (Carol), Douglas Roberts (Tonmann), Simon Callow (Simon Asquith), Anthony Heald (George Lazan), Mark Lowenthal (Bart), Robin Bartlett (Aretha), Oliver Platt (Neil Bleene)