The Mermaid Chair poster

Movie · 2006

The Mermaid Chair

Released 9 September 2006 More from 2006 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

When her mentally ill, elderly mother begins mutilating herself, Jessie (Kim Basinger) returns to her hometown to care for her. Among familiar surroundings, she tends to her mother's deteriorating mental condition while learning of troubling revelations about her family history. Meanwhile, though married, Jessie reconnects with old passions -- including a turbulent affair with a monk named Hugh (Bruce Greenwood).

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Ken Pogue
as Father Dominic
72
Roberta Maxwell
as Nelle
65
Terence Kelly
as Dom Anthony
62
Debra Mooney
as Kat
59
Bruce Greenwood
as Hugh Sullivan
50
Lorena Gale
as Hepzibah
48
Alex Carter
as Brother 'Whit' Thomas
41
Enid-Raye Adams
as Young Nelle
33
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
39years between the oldest and youngest billed
72Ken Pogue — oldest on the call sheet
33Enid-Raye Adams — youngest billed
54average age of the credited cast
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