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Nobody's Child is a 1986 American made-for-television drama film directed by Lee Grant which won a Directors Guild of America Award. It is based on the autobiographical account of the same title by Marie Balter who was sent to a mental institution aged sixteen, with a script adapted by writers Mary Gallagher and Ara Watson.
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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.
- Lee Grant
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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 ...
- Lee Grant
- Gaylord Productions
Nobody's Child: Directed by Lee Grant. With Marlo Thomas, Ray Baker, Caroline Kava, Kathy Baker. Marie Balter falls in love, goes to college, and joins society after 20 years in a mental institution.
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- Marlo Thomas, Ray Baker, Caroline Kava
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Brief Synopsis. In an Emmy Award-winning performance (Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Special), Marlo Thomas starred as the real-life Marie Balter, a Massachusetts woman who spent 20 years in a mental institution and confounded physicians who considered her incapable of leading a normal life. She ultima.
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Nobody's Child 1986 1h 40m Drama List. Reviews 38% Audience Score 50+ Ratings Marie Balter (Marlo Thomas) falls in love, goes to college and joins society after 20 years in a mental institution. ...
- Drama