The Nun's Story (1959) | Full Cast

Fred Zinnemann

DIRECTOR

Audrey Hepburn

Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)

Peter Finch

Dr. Fortunati

Edith Evans

Rev. Mother Emmanuel (Belgium)

Peggy Ashcroft

Mother Mathilde (Africa)

Dean Jagger

Dr. Van Der Mal

Mildred Dunnock

Sister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants)

Beatrice Straight

Mother Christophe (Sanatorium)

Patricia Collinge

Sister William (convent teacher)

Rosalie Crutchley

Sister Eleanor

Ruth White

Mother Marcella (School of Medicine)

Barbara O'Neil

Mother Didyma (Wartime Hospital)

Margaret Phillips

Sister Pauline (medical student)

Patricia Bosworth

Simone (postulant who changed her mind)

Colleen Dewhurst

Archangel Gabriel (Sanatorium)

Stephen Murray

Chaplain (Father Andre)

Lionel Jeffries

Dr. Goovaerts (School of Tropical Medicine)

Niall MacGinnis

Father Vermeuhlen (Leprosarium)

Eva Kotthaus

Sister Marie (Sanatorium)

Molly Urquhart

Sister Augustine (Africa)

Dorothy Alison

Sister Aurelie (martyred nurse, Africa)

Jeanette Sterke

Louise (Gabrielle's Sister)

Errol John

Illunga (African convert)

Diana Lambert

Lisa (the Resistance)

Orlando Martins

Kalulu (African servant)

Elsa Albani

uncredited

Gabriella Andreini

uncredited

Juan Aymerich

uncredited

Ludovice Bonhomme

Bishopuncredited

Grazia De Rossi

uncredited

Giovanna Galletti

uncredited

Dara Gavin

Sister Ellenuncredited

Penelope Horner

Jeanette Milonetuncredited

Irene Labhart

uncredited

Charles Lamb

Pascinuncredited

Ave Ninchi

Sister Bernarduncredited

Richard O'Sullivan

Pierre (Gabrielle's Brother)uncredited

Elfride Simbari

Sister Timothyuncredited

Frank Singuineau

Murderer of Sister Aurelieuncredited

Marina Wolkonsky

Marie (Gabrielle's Sister)uncredited