Julia Roberts as Grace King Bichon

Dennis Quaid as Eddie Bichon

Robert Duvall as Wyly King

Gena Rowlands as Georgia King

Kyra Sedgwick as Emma Rae King

Brett Cullen as Jamie Johnson

Haley Aull as Caroline "Doodlebug" Bichon

Muse Watson as Hank Corrigan

Anne Shropshire as Aunt Rae

Ginnie Randall as Eula

Terrence Currier as Dr. Frank Lewis

Rebecca Koon as Barbaranelle

Rhoda Griffis as Edna

Lisa Roberts Gillan as Kitty

Deborah Hobart as Lorene Tuttle

Amy Parrish as Lucy

Helen Baldwin as Mary Jane

Libby Whittemore as Nadine

Punky Leonard as Norma Leggett

Michael Flippo as Sonny

Beau Holden as Frank

Noreen Reardon as June

Bennie L. Jenkins as Dub

Rusty Hendrickson as Harry

J. Don Ferguson as Announcer

Mary Nell Santacroce as Mrs. Pinkerton

Shannon Eubanks as Jessie Gaines

Jamye Price as Anne

Brinley Arden Vickers as College Friend

Kirk Bair as Waiter (uncredited)

Marilea Butler as Rider (uncredited)

Angela Caito as Dancer (uncredited)

David Huddleston as Jack "Mad Dog" Pierce (uncredited)