"After her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home."
Jena Malone
as Ellen Foster
Julie Harris
as Leonora Nelson
Ted Levine
as Bill Hammond
Glynnis O'Connor
as Charlotte Nelson Hammond
Debra Monk
as Aunt Nadine
Barbara Garrick
as Aunt Betsy
Kate Burton
as Abigail Montford
Zeljko Ivanek
as Educational Psychologist
Lynne Moody
as Mrs. Douglas
Bill Nunn
as Mr. Douglas
Dick O'Neill
as Judge
Kimberly J. Brown
as Dora
Allison Jones
as Starletta Douglas
Davenia McFadden
as
Timothy Olyphant
as Roy Hobbs
Amanda Peet
as Julia Hobbs
Sean Allan
Bailee Reid
Lorena Gale
Charles W. Gray
Michael Hogan
Helen Honeywell
Don MacKay
Sheila Moore
Sheila Paterson
Brent Stait
Helen Taylor
Neil Vipond
John Erman
Director
Maria Nation
Teleplay
Kaye Gibbons
Novel
William Hanley
John Morris
Original Music Composer
Fred Harpman
Production Design
Bill Blunden
Editor
Brian West
Director of Photography
Gerrit van der Meer
Supervising Producer
Ruth Slawson
Co-Executive Producer
Brent Shields
Richard Welsh
Executive Producer
Producer
Phyllis Huffman
Casting
Olivia Harris
Mary Guilfoyle
Unit Production Manager
Donald P.H. Eaton
First Assistant Director
Seanna McPherson
Second Assistant Director
Linda Matheson
Costume Design
Kathleen Straub
Production Executive
Rhonda Legge
Production Coordinator
Terry J. Murray
Script Supervisor
Lilene Mansell
Dialect Coach
Stuart Aikins
Local Casting
Jan Newman
Key Makeup Artist
James D. Brown
Key Hair Stylist
Bev White
Location Manager
Lin MacDonald
Set Decoration
David Hay
Art Direction
Chris Claridge
Construction Manager
David Valentine
Property Master
John W. Scott
Gaffer
Ron MacLeay
Key Grip
Barry Chapman
Transportation Coordinator
Roy Schulz
Special Effects Coordinator
Marc Akerstream
Stunt Coordinator
Gordon Anderson
Sound Mixer
Joe Melody
Sound Supervisor
Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Karen Mayeda Vranek
Post Production Supervisor
Bryan M. Horne
Assistant Editor
Joseph S. DeBeasi
Music Editor