On screen
Cast
67 credited performers
Nell Carter
Nell Harper
Lara Jill Miller
Sam Kanisky
John Hoyt
Stanley Kanisky
Kari Michaelsen
Katie Kanisky
Lauri Hendler
Julie Kanisky
Joey Lawrence
Joey Donovan
Dolph Sweet
Carl Kanisky
Howard Morton
Ralph Simpson
Telma Hopkins
Addy Wilson
Jonathan Silverman
Jonathan Maxwell
Rosetta LeNoire
Character not listed
Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Donovan
Paul Sand
Marty
Rosie O'Donnell
Maggie O'Brien
Pete Schrum
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Jay Johnson
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James A. Watson, Jr
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Lynne Thigpen
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Arlene Golonka
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Harrison Page
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Michael Dorn
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Alice Ghostley
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Alan Oppenheimer
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Anita Pointer
One of The Doo-Wop Girls
Julie Anne Haddock
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Alexa Kenin
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J.A. Preston
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Mary Jo Catlett
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Elvia Allman
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Liz Sheridan
Nurse Whales
Danny Glover
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Rue McClanahan
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Ben Powers
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Loren Lester
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Ralph Wilcox
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John P. Navin Jr.
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Andy Gibb
Andy Gibb
George Kirby
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Paul Williams
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Tony Randall
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Vanna White
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Crystal Bernard
Kelly
Ruth Pointer
One of The Doo-Wop Girls
Howard Platt
Character not listed
Johnny Brown
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Helen Hunt
Valerie
Elizabeth Kerr
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K.C. Martel
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Pat Sajak
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Raymond Vitte
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June Pointer
One of The Doo-Wop Girls
Liz Torres
Secretary
Don Rickles
Max
Larry Miller
Character not listed
Roslyn Kind
Marfa Cosgrove
Jana Brown
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Cliff Norton
Mr. Bickford
Sharon Spelman
Margaret Kanisky
Teddy Wilson
Club Owner
Candi Milo
Leslie
Nicole Rosselle
Young Katie
Keri Houlihan
Young Julie
Jeanna Barron
Young Samantha
Helen Rubio
Mrs. Lopez
Steven Williams
Harvey
Martin Rosenblatt
Character not listed
Jack Carter
Corelli