--- title: "Terms of Endearment: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment" cast: 43 crew: 55 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Terms of Endearment (1983): cast and crew 43 cast and 55 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [Shirley MacLaine](https://film.one/person/shirley-maclaine.md) as Aurora Greenway - [Debra Winger](https://film.one/person/debra-winger.md) as Emma Greenway Horton - [Jack Nicholson](https://film.one/person/jack-nicholson.md) as Garrett Breedlove - [Danny DeVito](https://film.one/person/danny-devito.md) as Vernon Dahlart - [Jeff Daniels](https://film.one/person/jeff-daniels.md) as Flap Horton - [John Lithgow](https://film.one/person/john-lithgow.md) as Sam Burns - [Lisa Hart Carroll](https://film.one/person/lisa-hart-carroll.md) as Patsy Clark - [Betty King](https://film.one/person/betty-king.md) as Rosie Dunlop - [Huckleberry Fox](https://film.one/person/huckleberry-fox.md) as Teddy Horton - [Troy Bishop](https://film.one/person/troy-bishop.md) as Tommy Horton - [Shane Serwin](https://film.one/person/shane-serwin.md) as Younger Tommy Horton - [Megan Morris](https://film.one/person/megan-morris.md) as Melanie Horton - Tara Yeakey as Baby Melanie - Norman Bennett as Edward Johnson - Jennifer Josey as Young Emma - Kate Charleson as Janice - Tom Wees as Dr. Budge - Paul Menzel as Dr. Maise - F. William Parker as Doctor - Amanda Watkins as Meg - Buddy Gilbert as Dr. Ratcher - David Wohl as Phil - Shelley K. Nielsen as Nurse - Bette Croissant as Nurse - Charles Beall as Rudyard's Employer - Lelise Folse as Doris - Sharisse Baker-Bernard as Lee Anne - Judy Dickerson as Checkout Girl - Devon O'Brien as Lizbeth - Dana Vance as Victoria - Alexandra O'Karma as Jane - Nancy Mette as Woman at Party - Holly Holmberg Brooks as T.J. - Lear Levin as Jack Stern - [Albert Brooks](https://film.one/person/albert-brooks.md) as Rudyard Greenway (voice) - Lanier Whilden as Patsy's Mother - Helen Stauffer as Flap's Secretary - Barbara Balik as Woman - Michelle Watkins as Woman - John C. Conger as Moving Man - Sandra Newkirk as Mrs. Johnson - Elaine McGown as Herself - [Mary Kay Place](https://film.one/person/mary-kay-place.md) as Doris (voice) ## Directing - [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md): Director - Marty P. Ewing: Second Assistant Director - Albert M. Shapiro: First Assistant Director - Rosemary Dorsey: Script Supervisor ## Writing - [Larry McMurtry](https://film.one/person/larry-mcmurtry.md): Novel - [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md): Screenplay ## Production - [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md): Producer - Juliet Taylor: Casting - Ellen Chenoweth: Casting - Martin Jurow: Co-Producer - Penney Finkelman Cox: Co-Producer - Austen Jewell: Unit Production Manager - Paula Herold: Casting Associate ## Camera - [Andrzej Bartkowiak](https://film.one/person/andrzej-bartkowiak.md): Director of Photography - Dustin Blauvelt: First Assistant Camera - Steven Hiller: Second Assistant Camera - Don Reddy: Camera Operator - Zade Rosenthal: Still Photographer - Billy Miller: Key Grip ## Editing - [Richard Marks](https://film.one/person/richard-marks.md): Editor - Jane Schwartz Jaffe: First Assistant Editor ## Sound and music - [Michael Gore](https://film.one/person/michael-gore.md): Original Music Composer - James R. Alexander: Sound Mixer - Norval D. Crutcher: Supervising Sound Editor - [Bob Badami](https://film.one/person/bob-badami.md): Music Editor - George Watters II: Sound Editor - Cecelia Hall: Sound Editor - Andrew Patterson: Sound Editor - Joanne D'Antonio: Sound Editor - Barbara Fallick Marks: Dialogue Editor - Terry Lynn Allen: Sound Editor - Rick Kline: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Donald O. Mitchell: Sound Re-Recording Mixer - Samuel C. Crutcher: Sound Editor - Larry Singer: Dialogue Editor - Stephen Stalheim: Apprentice Sound Editor - Jerry Rosenthal: Sound Editor - Bruce Fortune: Sound Assistant - Kevin O'Connell: Sound Re-Recording Mixer ## Art - Tom Pedigo: Set Decoration - Terry E. Lewis: Property Master - Richard A. Villalobos: Leadman - Anthony Mondell: Set Decoration - Harold Michelson: Art Direction - Sandy Veneziano: Set Designer - John J. Rutchland Jr.: Construction Coordinator - Wayne Fitzgerald: Title Designer - [Polly Platt](https://film.one/person/polly-platt.md): Production Design ## Costume and make-up - [Kristi Zea](https://film.one/person/kristi-zea.md): Costume Design - Ben Nye Jr.: Makeup Artist - Bron Roylance: Makeup Artist - Kaye Pownall: Hairstylist ## Lighting - Dusty Wallace: Gaffer ## Crew - Michael McDuffee: Transportation Coordinator - Jeannie Epper: Stunts --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/film/terms-of-endearment.md