The Best Little Girl in the World (1981)

5.6/10 100 min TV Movie Drama

Overview

Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.

Cast

Charles Durning

Frank Powell

Eva Marie Saint

Joanne Powell

Jennifer Jason Leigh

Casey Powell

Melanie Mayron

Carol Link

Lisa Pelikan

Gail Powell

Viveca Lindfors

Madame Seurat

David Spielberg

Dr. Garrett

Jason Miller

Clay Orlovsky

Richard Venture

Dr. Neil Holzer

Lenora May

Julie

Laurence Lau

Mark

Michael Dudikoff

Chuck

Stephanie Cannon

Mary

Ally Sheedy

1st Girl

Pat Corley

Store Manager

Enid Kent

1st Nurse

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