Terms of Endearment

"Come to laugh, come to cry, come to care, come to terms."

Aurora, a finicky woman, is in search of true love while her daughter faces marital issues. Together, they help each other deal with problems and find reasons to live a joyful life.

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Shirley MacLaine

Aurora Greenway

Debra Winger

Emma Greenway Horton

Jack Nicholson

Garrett Breedlove

Danny DeVito

Vernon Dahlart

Jeff Daniels

Flap Horton

John Lithgow

Sam Burns

Lisa Hart Carroll

Patsy Clark

Betty King

Rosie Dunlop

Huckleberry Fox

Teddy Horton

Troy Bishop

Tommy Horton

Shane Serwin

Younger Tommy Horton

Megan Morris

Melanie Horton

Tara Yeakey

Baby Melanie

Norman Bennett

Edward Johnson

Jennifer Josey

Young Emma

Kate Charleson

Janice

Tom Wees

Dr. Budge

Paul Menzel

Dr. Maise

F. William Parker

Doctor

Amanda Watkins

Meg

Buddy Gilbert

Dr. Ratcher

David Wohl

Phil

Shelley K. Nielsen

Nurse

Bette Croissant

Nurse

Charles Beall

Rudyard's Employer

Lelise Folse

Doris

Sharisse Baker-Bernard

Lee Anne

Judy Dickerson

Checkout Girl

Devon O'Brien

Lizbeth

Dana Vance

Victoria

Alexandra O'Karma

Jane

Nancy Mette

Woman at Party

Holly Holmberg Brooks

T.J.

Lear Levin

Jack Stern

Albert Brooks

Rudyard Greenway (voice)

Lanier Whilden

Patsy's Mother

Helen Stauffer

Flap's Secretary

Barbara Balik

Woman

Michelle Watkins

Woman

John C. Conger

Moving Man

Sandra Newkirk

Mrs. Johnson

Elaine McGown

Herself

Mary Kay Place

Doris (voice)

Crew

Michael Gore

Original Music Composer

Richard Marks

Editor

James L. Brooks

Screenplay

Andrzej Bartkowiak

Director of Photography

Larry McMurtry

Novel

James L. Brooks

Producer

James L. Brooks

Director

Jane Schwartz Jaffe

First Assistant Editor

Martin Jurow

Co-Producer

Kristi Zea

Costume Design

Ellen Chenoweth

Casting

Penney Finkelman Cox

Co-Producer

Austen Jewell

Unit Production Manager

Anthony Mondell

Set Decoration

Billy Miller

Key Grip

John J. Rutchland Jr.

Construction Coordinator

Tom Pedigo

Set Decoration

Norval D. Crutcher

Supervising Sound Editor

Rosemary Dorsey

Script Supervisor

Michael McDuffee

Transportation Coordinator

Ben Nye Jr.

Makeup Artist

Harold Michelson

Art Direction

Juliet Taylor

Casting

James R. Alexander

Sound Mixer

Sandy Veneziano

Set Designer

Paula Herold

Casting Associate

Zade Rosenthal

Still Photographer

Steven Hiller

Second Assistant Camera

Dustin Blauvelt

First Assistant Camera

Bob Badami

Music Editor

Albert M. Shapiro

First Assistant Director

Richard A. Villalobos

Leadman

Kaye Pownall

Hairstylist

Terry E. Lewis

Property Master

Bron Roylance

Makeup Artist

Marty P. Ewing

Second Assistant Director

Dusty Wallace

Gaffer

Don Reddy

Camera Operator

Cecelia Hall

Sound Editor

Joanne D'Antonio

Sound Editor

George Watters II

Sound Editor

Larry Singer

Dialogue Editor

Stephen Stalheim

Apprentice Sound Editor

Wayne Fitzgerald

Title Designer

Barbara Fallick Marks

Dialogue Editor

Andrew Patterson

Sound Editor

Bruce Fortune

Sound Assistant

Kevin O'Connell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Donald O. Mitchell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Jerry Rosenthal

Sound Editor

Rick Kline

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Samuel C. Crutcher

Sound Editor

Terry Lynn Allen

Sound Editor

Jeannie Epper

Stunts

Polly Platt

Production Design