Phyllis Nagy Director, Writer Annette Bening Jean Harris Actor Ben Kingsley Dr. Herman Tarnower Actor Ellen Burstyn Former Tarnowner "steady" Actor Frances Fisher Marge Jacobson Actor Philip Baker Hall Arthur Schulte Actor Cloris Leachman Pearl Schwartz Actor Mary McDonnell Vivian Schute Actor Bill Smitrovich Joel Arnou Actor Frank Whaley George Bolen Actor Michael Gross Leslie Jacobson Actor Brett Butler Ex-Lover No. 1 Actor Lee Garlington Ex-Lover No. 2 Actor Nan Martin Mama Tarnower Actor Larry Drake Harris Defense Team Psychiatrist Actor Caroline Lagerfelt Madeira School Administrator Actor Chrisann Verges Producer Elizabeth Karlsen Executive Producer Pamela Koffler Executive Producer Christine Vachon Executive Producer John Wells Executive Producer John Frizzell Original Music Curtiss Clayton Film Editing Lee Percy Film Editing Libby Goldstein Casting Junie Lowry-Johnson Casting Troy Sizemore Art Director