The Parent Trap (1998 Film) - Cast and Characters

Cast and Characters

  • Lindsay Lohan as Hallie Parker and Annie James, 11-year-old twin sisters who were separated shortly after birth, following their parents' divorce, and raised separately, with no knowledge of each other.
  • Dennis Quaid as Nick Parker, Hallie and Annie's father, a wealthy American man who owns a winery.
  • Natasha Richardson as Elizabeth "Lizzie" James, Hallie and Annie's mother, a wealthy British wedding-gown designer.
  • Elaine Hendrix as Meredith Blake, an attractive gold digging publicist who is planning to marry Nick for his money.
  • Lisa Ann Walter as Chessy, the Parker family's housekeeper, who meets and falls in love with Martin.
  • Simon Kunz as Martin, the James family's butler who falls for Chessy.
  • Polly Holliday as Marva Kulp, Sr., owner and manager of a summer camp.
  • Maggie Wheeler as Marva Kulp, Jr., Marva Kulp, Sr.'s daughter and assistant.
  • Ronnie Stevens as Charles James, Elizabeth's father who managed to find out Hallie's identity.
  • Joanna Barnes as Vicki Blake, Meredith's mother
  • J. Patrick McCormack as Les Blake, Meredith's father
  • Erin Mackey as Hallie/Annie double

Lindsay's mother Dina Lohan and her younger sister Ali Lohan appear in uncredited cameos as a mother and her daughter at the airport.

Joanna Barnes appeared in the 1961 The Parent Trap as Vicki Robinson, the attractive gold digger who is planning to marry the girls' father for his money.

The scene where Nick sees Elizabeth and leans over in the elevator is a repeat of Cary Grant(Cary Grant) and Irene Dunne's (Irene Dunne) classic scene from "My Favorite Wife".

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