"She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give a relationship heartburn, nothing will."
Meryl Streep
as Rachel
Jack Nicholson
as Mark
Jeff Daniels
as Richard
Maureen Stapleton
as Vera
Stockard Channing
as Julie
Richard Masur
as Arthur
Catherine O'Hara
as Betty
Steven Hill
as Rachel's Father
Miloš Forman
as Dimitri
Mamie Gummer
as Annie
Karen Akers
as Thelma Rice
Aida Linares
as Juanita
Anna Maria Horsford
as Della
Ron McLarty
as Detective O'Brien
Kenneth Welsh
as Dr. Appel
Kevin Spacey
as Subway Thief
Mercedes Ruehl
as Eve
Joanna Gleason
as Diana
R.S. Thomas
as Dan
Jack Gilpin
as Ellis
Christian Clemenson
as Sidney
John Wood
as British Moderator
Sidney Armus
as Jeweler
Yakov Smirnoff
as Contractor Laszlo
Caroline Aaron
as Judith
Lela Ivey
as Hairdresser
Tracey Jackson
as Hairdresser's Friend
Libby Titus
as Rachel's Sister
Angela Pietropinto
as Hospital Receptionist
Cynthia O'Neal
as Magazine Colleague
Susan Forristal
Dana Ivey
as Wedding Speaker
John Rothman
as Jonathan Rice
Elijah Lindsay
as Anesthetist
Jack Neam
as Butcher
Kim Fertman
as Arthur & Julie's Daughter
Salem Ludwig
as Judge
Patricia Falkenhain
as Dinner Party Hostess
Margaret Thomson
as Irritated Wedding Guest
Charles Denny
as Dinner Party Guest
Gregg Almquist
Garrison Lane
Ryan Hilliard
Dana Streep
Mary Streep
Cyrilla Dorn
May Pang
Michael Regan
as Father of the Bride
Ari M. Roussimoff
as Workman
Luther Rucker
Gary Jones
as Waiter in Opening Sequence (uncredited)
Natasha Lyonne
as Rachel's Niece (uncredited)
Jorge Pupo
as Subway Rider (uncredited)
Grant Harper Reid
as Man in Maternity Scene (uncredited)
Carlotta Schock
as Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Tony Shalhoub
as Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Sam O'Steen
Editor
Mike Nichols
Director
Nora Ephron
Screenplay
Ezra Swerdlow
Production Manager
Juliet Taylor
Casting
Susan Bode Tyson
Set Decoration
John Kasarda
Art Direction
Joel Tuber
Producer
Robert Greenhut
Ann Roth
Costume Design
Novel
Geraldine Peroni
Assistant Sound Editor
Néstor Almendros
Director of Photography
Carly Simon
Original Music Composer
Songs
Bruce MacCallum
Assistant Camera
James Mazzola
Property Master
David Dreyfuss
Second Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Tony Walton
Production Design
Brian Hamill
Still Photographer
Timothy M. Bourne
Second Second Assistant Director
Chaim Kantor
Second Assistant Camera
Lee Halls
Makeup Artist
Romaine Greene
Hairstylist
J. Roy Helland
John W. DeBlau
Gaffer
Dan Lerner
Camera Operator