Main Cast: Gena Rowlands, Josef Sommer, Nan Woods, Concetta Tomei, Jack Radar
Release Year: 1987
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
Gena Rowlands won an Emmy for her towering portrayal of former first lady Betty Ford. After surviving breast cancer, the feisty Ford earns the love and admiration of the entire country. This makes it all the harder for her to keep private her biggest personal battle -- against alcohol and prescription-drug addiction. Josef Sommer and Nan Woods co-star respectively as Gerald and Susan Ford in this sensitive but candid adaptation of Betty Ford's autobiography The Times of My Life. Made for television, The Betty Ford Story was first telecast on March 3, 1987. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Brian McNamara - Steve Ford; Patricia Allison - Woman #1; Frank Birney - Benji; Ellen Blake - Sandra; John David Conti - Pete Abbruzzese; Michael Flanagan - Dr. Fouty; Michael Greene - Head Usher; Stanley Grover - Alexander Haig; John Hostetter - News Director; Charles Howerton - Man #1; Laura Leigh Hughes - Gayle Ford; Peter Jason - Counselor; Sheila Kelley - Charlotte; Richard Kuss - Will; Daniel McDonald - Mike Ford; Joan McMurtrey - Diane; Richardson Morse - Doctor; Annie O'Donnell - Woman; Sierra Pecheur - Pat Benedict; Kenneth Tigar - Dr. Lukash; Bradley Whitford - Jack Ford; Grant Loud - Limo Driver; Muriel Minot - Reporter #1; Ben Rawnsley - Bob Hartman; Toni Sawyer - Reporter #3; Eric Menyuk - Jake; Don Stewart - Aide #1
Credit
Bill Ross - Art Director, Phyllis Huffman - Casting, David Greene - Director, Parkie Singh - Editor, David L. Wolper - Executive Producer, Robert A. Papazian - Executive Producer, Arthur B. Rubinstein - Composer (Music Score), Christina Smith - Makeup, Dennis Dalzell - Cinematographer, Hal Galli - Production Manager, Mark Wolper - Producer, Ernie Bishop - Set Designer
