Cast and credits of The Nun's Story

Directed by

Fred Zinnemann

Starring (View all) :

Audrey Hepburn

Sister Luke (Gabrielle van der Mal)

Peter Finch

Dr. Fortunati

Edith Evans

Rev. Mother Emmanuel (Belgium) (as Dame Edith Evan

Peggy Ashcroft

Mother Mathilde (Africa) (as Dame Peggy Ashcroft)

Dean Jagger

Dr. Van Der Mal

Mildred Dunnock

Mildred Dunnock

Sister Margharita (Mistress of Postulants)

Beatrice Straight

Beatrice Straight

Mother Christophe (Sanatorium)

Patricia Collinge

Patricia Collinge

Sister William (convent teacher)

Rosalie Crutchley

Rosalie Crutchley

Sister Eleanor

Ruth White

Mother Marcella (School of Medicine)

Barbara O

Mother Didyma (War-time Hospital)

Margaret Phillips

Margaret Phillips

Sister Pauline (medical student)

Patricia Bosworth

Patricia Bosworth

Simone (postulant who changed her mind)

Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

Archangel Gabriel (Sanatorium)

Stephen Murray

Chaplain (Father Andre)

Lionel Jeffries

Lionel Jeffries

Dr. Goovaerts (School of Tropical Medicine)

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Father Vermeuhlen (Leprosarium)

Eva Kotthaus

Sister Marie (Sanatorium)

Molly Urquhart

Sister Augustine (Africa)

Dorothy Alison

Sister Aurelie (martyred nurse, Africa)

Jeanette Sterke

Jeanette Sterke

Louise (sister of Gabrielle) (as Jeannette Sterke)

Errol John

Illunga (African convert)

Diana Lambert

Lisa (the Resistance)

Orlando Martins

Orlando Martins

Kalulu (African servant)

Elsa Albani

(uncredited)

Gabriella Andreini

Gabriella Andreini

(uncredited)

Juan Aymerich

(uncredited)

Ludovice Bonhomme

Ludovice Bonhomme

Bishop (uncredited)

Grazia De Rossi

Grazia De Rossi

(uncredited)

Giovanna Galletti

Giovanna Galletti

(uncredited)

Dara Gavin

Sister Ellen (medical student) (uncredited)

Penelope Horner

Penelope Horner

Jeanette Milonet (uncredited)

Irene Labhart

(uncredited)

Charles Lamb

Pascin (father of Simone) (uncredited)

Ave Ninchi

Sister Bernard (uncredited)

Richard O

Richard O'Sullivan

Pierre (brother of Gabrielle) (uncredited)

Elfride Simbari

Elfride Simbari

Sister Timothy (medical student) (uncredited)

Frank Singuineau

Frank Singuineau

Murderer of Sister Aurelie (uncredited)

Marina Wolkonsky

Marina Wolkonsky

Marie (sister of Gabrielle) (uncredited)

Written by (View all) :

Robert Anderson

Robert Anderson

(screenplay)

Kathryn Hulme

(book) (as Kathryn C. Hulme)