

100 minutes
5/21/1985
Barbara Wyatt-Hollis is an English professor who begins to experience the effects of Alzheimer's. The film documents her decline and the emotional turmoil it causes for her. It also shows how the changes impact her husband, George, and their children. The film also looks at the process by which families can be educated and supported to deal with the impact of the disease, as well as what is done for those afflicted.

Joanne Woodward
as Barbara Wyatt-Hollis

Richard Kiley
as George Hollis

Geraldine Fitzgerald
as Lorraine Wyatt

Jim Metzler
as Tom Hollis

Jordan Charney
as Marvin Langdon

Jerry Hardin
as Dave McDonough

Marilyn Jones
as Helen Hollis

Caroline Lagerfelt
as Liz Shaw

Charles Levin
as Dr. Raymond Sawyer

Craig Richard Nelson
as Richard Vogt

Ron Rifkin
as Gerry Kaplan
Duncan Ross

Rose Gregorio
as Betty Marcus

Susan Ruttan
as Julie
Sue Giosa
as Lupe

Belita Moreno
as Social Worker

Bill Henderson
as Wendell

S. Pearl Sharp
as First Mother (as Saundra Sharp)
Terry Wills
as Man Jogger
Caroline Field
as Woman Jogger

Andrea Barber
as Jennifer

Judith Barsi
as Kathleen

Joseph Brutsman
as Grad Student
Sally Brown
as Grad Student (as Sally R. Brown)
Marilyn Bradfield
as Nurse

Herb Mitchell
as Mailman

Lee Garlington
as Second Mother
Oceana Marr
as Receptionist
Adele Gilbert
as Woman Patient
Dorothy Meyer
as Social Director
Hugo Stranger
as Mr. Schulman

Pat Crawford Brown
as Woman

Connie Sawyer
as Joan

Elizabeth Hoffman
as Lila
Margaret Muse
as Margaret
Richard Kuller
as Emcee

Cynthia Lea Clark
as Lady at Table (uncredited)

Kimberly Spak
as Girl in the Park (uncredited)