Cast and crew
Terms of Endearment (1983)
43 cast and 55 crew, as credited. Cast in billing order; crew by department.
Cast43
Shirley MacLaineAurora Greenway
Debra WingerEmma Greenway Horton
Jack NicholsonGarrett Breedlove
Danny DeVitoVernon Dahlart
Jeff DanielsFlap Horton
John LithgowSam Burns
Lisa Hart CarrollPatsy Clark- Betty KingRosie Dunlop
Huckleberry FoxTeddy Horton- Troy BishopTommy Horton
- Shane SerwinYounger Tommy Horton
- Megan MorrisMelanie Horton
- Tara YeakeyBaby Melanie
- Norman BennettEdward Johnson
- Jennifer JoseyYoung Emma
- Kate CharlesonJanice
- Tom WeesDr. Budge
- Paul MenzelDr. Maise
- F. William ParkerDoctor
- Amanda WatkinsMeg
- Buddy GilbertDr. Ratcher
- David WohlPhil
- Shelley K. NielsenNurse
- Bette CroissantNurse
- Charles BeallRudyard's Employer
- Lelise FolseDoris
- Sharisse Baker-BernardLee Anne
- Judy DickersonCheckout Girl
- Devon O'BrienLizbeth
- Dana VanceVictoria
- Alexandra O'KarmaJane
- Nancy MetteWoman at Party
- Holly Holmberg BrooksT.J.
- Lear LevinJack Stern
Albert BrooksRudyard Greenway (voice)- Lanier WhildenPatsy's Mother
- Helen StaufferFlap's Secretary
- Barbara BalikWoman
- Michelle WatkinsWoman
- John C. CongerMoving Man
- Sandra NewkirkMrs. Johnson
- Elaine McGownHerself
Mary Kay PlaceDoris (voice)
Crew55
Directing
- James L. BrooksDirector
- Marty P. EwingSecond Assistant Director
- Albert M. ShapiroFirst Assistant Director
- Rosemary DorseyScript Supervisor
Writing
- Larry McMurtryNovel
- James L. BrooksScreenplay
Production
- James L. BrooksProducer
- Juliet TaylorCasting
- Ellen ChenowethCasting
- Martin JurowCo-Producer
- Penney Finkelman CoxCo-Producer
- Austen JewellUnit Production Manager
- Paula HeroldCasting Associate
Camera
- Andrzej BartkowiakDirector of Photography
- Dustin BlauveltFirst Assistant Camera
- Steven HillerSecond Assistant Camera
- Don ReddyCamera Operator
- Zade RosenthalStill Photographer
- Billy MillerKey Grip
Editing
- Richard MarksEditor
- Jane Schwartz JaffeFirst Assistant Editor
Sound and music
- Michael GoreOriginal Music Composer
- James R. AlexanderSound Mixer
- Norval D. CrutcherSupervising Sound Editor
- Bob BadamiMusic Editor
- George Watters IISound Editor
- Cecelia HallSound Editor
- Andrew PattersonSound Editor
- Joanne D'AntonioSound Editor
- Barbara Fallick MarksDialogue Editor
- Terry Lynn AllenSound Editor
- Rick KlineSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Donald O. MitchellSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Samuel C. CrutcherSound Editor
- Larry SingerDialogue Editor
- Stephen StalheimApprentice Sound Editor
- Jerry RosenthalSound Editor
- Bruce FortuneSound Assistant
- Kevin O'ConnellSound Re-Recording Mixer
Art
- Tom PedigoSet Decoration
- Terry E. LewisProperty Master
- Richard A. VillalobosLeadman
- Anthony MondellSet Decoration
- Harold MichelsonArt Direction
- Sandy VenezianoSet Designer
- John J. Rutchland Jr.Construction Coordinator
- Wayne FitzgeraldTitle Designer
- Polly PlattProduction Design
Costume and make-up
- Kristi ZeaCostume Design
- Ben Nye Jr.Makeup Artist
- Bron RoylanceMakeup Artist
- Kaye PownallHairstylist
Lighting
- Dusty WallaceGaffer
Crew
- Michael McDuffeeTransportation Coordinator
- Jeannie EpperStunts