De film vertelt het ware levensverhaal van Marie Balter die op zestienjarige leeftijd - na jaren van misbruik en verwaarlozing - wordt opgenomen in een psychiatrische inrichting. De diagnose luidt schizofrenie en Marie, die nauwelijks eet, niet praat en niet meer kan lopen, wordt door haar artsen opgegeven. Er is echter één arts die weigert haar aan haar lot over te laten en een zeer moeizame en pijnlijke behandeling begint. Een kleine twintig jaar later verlaat Marie die inrichting en begint dapper aan een geheel nieuw leven.
Nee, helaas is Nobody's Child nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Sven Nykvist | Director of Photography |
| Production | Joseph Feury | Producer |
| Production | Milton Justice | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mary Calquhoun | Casting |
| Production | Sid Kozak | Casting |
| Production | Justis Greene | Production Manager |
| Directing | Brad Turner | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Karen Robyn | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | T. W. Peacocke | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jean Bereziuk | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Claude Hazanavicius | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Colleen Nystedt | Location Manager |
| Editing | Cindy Kaplan Rooney | Associate Editor |
| Sound | Jack Cooley | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Ron Kalish | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Magdaline Volaitis | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Robert Warmflash | Post Production Supervisor |
| Production | Stacy Williams | Executive In Charge Of Production |
| Writing | Ara Watson | Writer |
| Directing | Lee Grant | Director |
| Writing | Mary Gallagher | Writer |
| Production | Dyson Lovell | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Michael Small | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Alan Heim | Editor |
| Art | Keith Hein | Production Design |
| Art | Della Mae Johnston | Set Decoration |
| Art | Linda Vipond | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Oditz | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donna Bis | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda A. Brown | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | E. Thomas Case | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jo-Anne Smith-Ojeil | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Toni-Ann Walker | Hairstylist |
