
She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will.
Cast

Meryl Streep
Rachel

Jack Nicholson
Mark

Jeff Daniels
Richard

Maureen Stapleton
Vera

Stockard Channing
Julie

Richard Masur
Arthur

Catherine O'Hara
Betty

Steven Hill
Rachel's Father

Miloš Forman
Dimitri

Mamie Gummer
Annie

Karen Akers
Thelma Rice
Aida Linares
Juanita

Anna Maria Horsford
Della

Ron McLarty
Detective O'Brien

Kenneth Welsh
Dr. Appel

Kevin Spacey
Subway Thief

Mercedes Ruehl
Eve

Joanna Gleason
Diana
R.S. Thomas
Dan

Jack Gilpin
Ellis

Christian Clemenson
Sidney

John Wood
British Moderator
Sidney Armus
Jeweler

Yakov Smirnoff
Contractor Laszlo

Caroline Aaron
Judith

Lela Ivey
Hairdresser

Tracey Jackson
Hairdresser's Friend
Libby Titus
Rachel's Sister

Angela Pietropinto
Hospital Receptionist
Cynthia O'Neal
Magazine Colleague

Susan Forristal
Magazine Colleague

Dana Ivey
Wedding Speaker

John Rothman
Jonathan Rice
Elijah Lindsay
Anesthetist
Jack Neam
Butcher
Kim Fertman
Arthur & Julie's Daughter

Salem Ludwig
Judge
Patricia Falkenhain
Dinner Party Hostess
Margaret Thomson
Irritated Wedding Guest
Charles Denny
Dinner Party Guest
Gregg Almquist
Dinner Party Guest
Garrison Lane
Dinner Party Guest
Ryan Hilliard
Dinner Party Guest
Dana Streep
Dinner Party Guest
Mary Streep
Dinner Party Guest
Cyrilla Dorn
Dinner Party Guest

May Pang
Dinner Party Guest
Michael Regan
Father of the Bride

Ari M. Roussimoff
Workman
Luther Rucker
Workman
Gary Jones
Waiter in Opening Sequence (uncredited)

Natasha Lyonne
Rachel's Niece (uncredited)
Jorge Pupo
Subway Rider (uncredited)
Grant Harper Reid
Man in Maternity Scene (uncredited)

Carlotta Schock
Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Tony Shalhoub
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Crew

Mike Nichols
Director, Producer

Nora Ephron
Screenplay, Novel
Sam O'Steen
Editor

Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
Joel Tuber
First Assistant Director, Producer
David Dreyfuss
Second Assistant Director
Timothy M. Bourne
Second Second Assistant Director

Robert Greenhut
Producer

Tony Walton
Production Design
Dan Lerner
Camera Operator
Bruce MacCallum
Assistant Camera
Chaim Kantor
Second Assistant Camera

Juliet Taylor
Casting

Ann Roth
Costume Design
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
J. Roy Helland
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Lee Halls
Makeup Artist
Geraldine Peroni
Assistant Sound Editor

Carly Simon
Original Music Composer, Songs
Susan Bode Tyson
Set Decoration

Brian Hamill
Still Photographer
James Mazzola
Property Master
John W. DeBlau
Gaffer
Ezra Swerdlow
Production Manager
John Kasarda
Art Direction
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