Jane Fonda as Dr. Martha Louise Livingston

Meg Tilly as Sister Agnes

Anne Bancroft as Mother Miriam Ruth

Anne Pitoniak as Dr. Livingston's Mother

Winston Rekert as Det. Larry Langevin

Gratien Gélinas as Father Martineau

Guy Hoffmann as Justice Joseph Leveau

Gabriel Arcand as Monsignor

Françoise Faucher as Eve LeClaire

Jacques Tourangeau as Eugene Lyon

Janine Fluet as Sister Marguerite

Deborah Grover as Sister Anne

Michele George as Sister Susanna

Samantha Langevin as Sister Jeannine

Jacqueline Blais as Sister David Marie

Françoise Berd as Sister Thérèse

Mimi D'Estée as Sister Elizabette

Rita Tuckett as Sister Geraldine (as Rita Tucket)

Lillian Graham as Sister Madeline Marie

Norma Dell'Agnese as Sister Geneviève

Muguette Moreau as Sister Luke

Janice Bryan as Sister Mary Joseph

Agnes Middleton as Sister Paul

France Arbour as Housekeeper

Laurel Lyle as Helen the Receptionist

Victor Désy as Librarian (as Victor Desy)

Charlotte Laurier as Young Prostitute

Peter Langley as Sister Geneviève's Family

Nicole Marie Abbat as Sister Geneviève's Family

Matthew Armstrong as Sister Geneviève's Family

Chava Mandlsohn as Sister Geneviève's Family

Charles S. Pottie as Sister Geneviève's Family (as Charles S. Pottie S.J.)

Gerry Huckstep as Paramedic

Marc Denis as Newscaster

Herbert Luft as Television Reporter

André Lacoste as Male Patient

Jennifer Jewison as Female Patient

Carole Chatel as Lab Technician

Daniel Tremblay as Police Detective