Garry Marshall Director Bette Midler Cecilia 'CC' Carol Bloom Actor, Producer Barbara Hershey Hillary Whitney Essex Actor John Heard John Pierce Actor Spalding Gray Dr. Richard Milstein Actor Lainie Kazan Leona Bloom Actor James Read Michael Essex Actor Grace Johnston Victoria Cecilia Essex Actor Mayim Bialik Cecilia 'CC' Carol Bloom (age 11) Actor Marcie Leeds Hillary Whitney Essex (age 11) Actor Mary Agnes Donoghue Screenwriter Margaret South Producer Bonnie Bruckheimer Producer Teri Schwartz Executive Producer Dante Spinotti Cinematographer Richard Halsey Film Editing Georges Delerue Original Music Albert Brenner Production Design William Barclay Art Director Frank Richwood Art Director Michael Bird Set Decoration Garrett Lewis Set Decoration Robert De Mora Costume Design Mike Fenton Casting Lynda Gordon Casting Judy Taylor Casting Benjamin Rosenberg Assistant Director