The Best Little Girl in the World
5.143
100 minutes
5/11/1981
Overview
Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.
Cast List
Charles Durning
as Frank Powell
Eva Marie Saint
as Joanne Powell
Jennifer Jason Leigh
as Casey Powell
Melanie Mayron
as Carol Link
Lisa Pelikan
as Gail Powell
Viveca Lindfors
as Madame Seurat
David Spielberg
as Dr. Garrett
Jason Miller
as Clay Orlovsky
Richard Venture
as Dr. Neil Holzer
Lenora May
as Julie
Laurence Lau
as Mark
Michael Dudikoff
as Chuck
Stephanie Cannon
as Mary
Ally Sheedy
as 1st Girl
Andrea Pope
as Michelle, the Cheerleader
Richard Milholland
as Dr. Norman
Jonathan Estrin
as Dr. Shuster
Lang Yun
as Nurse Prine
Pat Corley
as Store Manager
Enid Kent
as 1st Nurse
Gwen Van Dam
as O.R. Nurse
Ruth Silveira
as 2nd Nurse
Marilyn Coleman
as Emergency Room Nurse
Paul Laurence
as Respiratory Therapist
Elisha Rapson
as Witch