Nobody's Child is a 1986 TV film directed by Lee Grant which won a DGA Award. The based on the autobiographical account of the same title by Marie Balter who was sent to a mental institution aged sixteen, with a script adapted by writers Mary Gallagher and Ara Watson. The cast includes Marlo Thomas, Ray Baker, and Caroline Kava.
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