How to Make an American Quilt

Kate Nelligan as Constance Saunders Lois Smith as Sophia Kate Capshaw as Sally Esther Rolle as Aunt Pauline Tamala Jones as Anna's Great Grandmother Will Estes as Boy at Party Gail Strickland as The Mrs. Jean Simmons as Em Holland Taylor as Mrs. Rubens Loren Dean as Preston Michael McElroy as Baby Pres Jane Alden as Em's Mother Tim Guinee as Young Dean Derrick O'Connor as Dean Alfre Woodard as Marianna Claire Danes as Young Glady Joe Alicia Goranson as Young Hy Richard Jenkins as Howell Adam Baldwin as Finn's Father Anne Bancroft as Glady Joe Cleary Denis Arndt as James Ari Meyers as Duff María Celedonio as Young Anna Winona Ryder as Finn Dodd Ellen Burstyn as Hy Dodd Maya Angelou as Anna Johnathon Schaech as Leon Samantha Mathis as Young Sophia Joanna Going as Young Em Melinda Dillon as Mrs. Darling Jared Leto as Beck Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly as Little Anna Mykelti Williamson as Winston Charles Parks as Male Guest Dermot Mulroney as Sam Rip Torn as Arthur

Jane Anderson Screenplay Russell Williams II Production Sound Mixer Risa Bramon Garcia Casting Sergio Mimica-Gezzan First Assistant Director Janusz Kamiński Director of Photography Patricia Whitcher Co-Producer, Unit Production Manager Dan Bradley Stunt Coordinator Thomas Newman Original Music Composer P.J. Hogan Second Unit Director, Thanks Candace Neal Key Hair Stylist Jill Bilcock Editor Jocelyn Moorhouse Director Laurie MacDonald Executive Producer Mary Vernieu Casting Walter F. Parkes Executive Producer