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# Housekeeping (1987): cast and crew

20 cast and 18 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Christine Lahti](https://film.one/person/christine-lahti.md) as Sylvie Fisher
- [Sara Walker](https://film.one/person/sara-walker-543593.md) as Ruth
- [Andrea Burchill](https://film.one/person/andrea-burchill.md) as Lucille
- [Anne Pitoniak](https://film.one/person/anne-pitoniak.md) as Aunt Lily
- [Barbara Reese](https://film.one/person/barbara-reese.md) as Aunt Nona
- [Margot Pinvidic](https://film.one/person/margot-pinvidic.md) as Helen
- [Bill Smillie](https://film.one/person/bill-smillie.md) as Sheriff
- [Wayne Robson](https://film.one/person/wayne-robson.md) as Principal
- [Betty Phillips](https://film.one/person/betty-phillips.md) as Mrs. Jardine
- [Karen Elizabeth Austin](https://film.one/person/karen-elizabeth-austin.md) as Mrs. Paterson
- [Dolores Drake](https://film.one/person/dolores-drake.md) as Mrs. Walker
- [Georgie Collins](https://film.one/person/georgie-collins.md) as Grandmother
- Tonya Tanner as Young Ruth
- Leah Penny as Young Lucille
- Brian Linds as Deputy Sheriff
- Clayton W. Okell as Boy on Cliff
- Clay Barton as Boy on Cliff
- Erik Richardson as Sandy
- Bob Hughes as Charlie
- Sheila Paterson as Bernice

## Directing

- [Bill Forsyth](https://film.one/person/bill-forsyth.md): Director
- Pat Rambaut: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Bill Forsyth](https://film.one/person/bill-forsyth.md): Writer
- Marilynne Robinson: Novel

## Production

- [Robert F. Colesberry](https://film.one/person/robert-f-colesberry.md): Producer
- Margery Simkin: Casting
- Lynne Carrow: Casting

## Camera

- [Michael Coulter](https://film.one/person/michael-coulter.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Michael Ellis](https://film.one/person/michael-ellis.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Michael Gibbs](https://film.one/person/michael-gibbs.md): Original Music Composer

## Art

- [Adrienne Atkinson](https://film.one/person/adrienne-atkinson.md): Production Design
- David Lewis: Greensman
- John Willett: Art Direction
- Jim Erickson: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- Sandy Cooper: Makeup Artist
- Maurice Parkhurst: Makeup Artist
- Susan Boyd: Hairstylist
- [Mary-Jane Reyner](https://film.one/person/mary-jane-reyner.md): Costume Design

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