 | Dana Delany als Rose Cleardon Abbott |
 | Ellen Burstyn als June Clatterbuck |
 | Clancy Brown als Son |
 | Maggie Gyllenhaal als Lorraine Thomas |
 | Sada Thompson als Sister Evangeline |
 | Debra Christofferson als Sister Bernadette |
 | Marissa Ribisi als Angie |
 | Jill Gascoine als Mother Corrine |
 | Nancy Moore Atchison als Cecilia (age 15) |
| Stephen Gyllenhaal | Director |
| C. Daniel Hall | Art Direction |
| Daniel Licht | Music |
| Greg Gardiner | Director of Photography |
| Brent White | Editor |
| Ann Patchett | Novel |
| Lynn Roth | Teleplay |
| Ann Kindberg | Producer |
| Lynn Roth | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Gyllenhaal | Producer |
| Kenneth Kaufman | Executive Producer |
| Ed Solorzano | Producer |
| Ron Surma | Casting |
| William Strom | Production Design |
| Junie Lowry-Johnson | Casting |
| Stephen M. Kelley | Key Makeup Artist |
| Starr Jones | Makeup Department Head |
| Scott Printz | First Assistant Director |
| David C. Eichhorn | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Dean Mumford | Stunts |
