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Nobody's Child

When nobody could help her, she helped herself

7.4 average rating
7.4
English / 100 MIN. / 1986

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Marlo ThomasRay BakerCaroline KavaKathy BakerCampbell LaneVanessa SantosDonna FordWilliam NunnStefania DeStefanisKaren Elizabeth AustinGarwin SanfordJoseph GollandSheila MooreAntony HollandDon MacKayNancy BeattySandra SeacatTodd DuckworthTom HeatonBetty Phillips

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