Comedy
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Directed by
Woody Allen
Written by
Woody Allen
Charlie Chaplin
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Rothman
Paul Deghuee
Mia Farrow
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher
Michael Jeter
Freshman #2
Gale Hansen
Freshman #1
Mae Questel
Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)
Peter McRobbie
Workers Rally Speaker
James Cagney
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Carole Lombard
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolphe Menjou
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Elizabeth Kaitan
German Girl (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Deborah Rush
Lita Fox
Calvin Coolidge
Self - Pinning Medal (archive footage) (uncredited)
Paula Trueman
Woman on Telephone
Marianne Tatum
Actress Fletcher
Tom Mix
Self - At San Simeon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ken Murray
Dorothy Mackaill
Self (archive footage)
Jon Hayden
Reporter (uncredited)
Arthur Anderson
Other Doctor (uncredited)
Jeanine Jackson
Helen Gray
Marion Davies
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ed Herlihy
Pathe News Announcer (voice)
Dwight Weist
Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)
Joe DiMaggio
Self - Playing Baseball (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kim Johnston Ulrich
Beauty Contestant (uncredited)
Mary Louise Wilson
Sister Ruth
Rudolf Heß
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joseph Goebbels
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Billy Rose
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Josephine Baker
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Howard Erskine
Hypodermic Doctor
Stephanie Farrow
Sister Meryl
Fanny Brice
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Doumanian
Greek Waiter
Garrett M. Brown
Actor Zelig
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Haines
Self (archive footage)
Claire Windsor
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Marie Dressler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dolores del Río
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sepp Dietrich
Self - with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage) (uncredited)
John Buckwalter
Dr. Sindell
Richard Litt
Charles Koslow
Lou Gehrig
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Irving Howe
Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews
Babe Ruth
Self - Swinging Bat (archive footage) (uncredited)
Vincent Jerman-Jerosa
Hearst Guest
Bubba Dean Rambo
Charleston Dancer (uncredited)
Robert Ley
Self - with Goebbels (archive footage) (uncredited)
Al Capone
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julius Streicher
Self - With Hitler and Hess (archive footage) (uncredited)
Charles A. Lindbergh
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Harold 'Red' Grange
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Patrick Horgan
The Narrator (voice)
Marvin Chatinover
Glandular Diagnosis Doctor
Stanley Swerdlow
Mexican Food Doctor
Paul Nevens
Dr. Birsky
Richard Whiting
Other Doctor
Ralph Bell
Other Doctor
Will Hussung
Other Doctor
Alice Beardsley
Telephone Operator
Charles Denny
Actor Doctor
Michael Kell
Actor Koslow
Stanley Simmonds
Lita's Lawyer
Robert Berger
Zelig's Lawyer
Marshall Cole Sr.
Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews
Ellen Garrison
Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Jack Cannon
Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews
Theodore R. Smits
Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews
Sherman Loud
Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews
Elizabeth Rothschild
Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews
Kuno Sponholz
Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews
George Hamlin
Experimental Drugs Doctor
Robert Iglesia
Man in Barber Chair
Eli Resnick
Man in Park
Edward McPhillips
Scotsman
Sol Lomita
Martin Geist
Ed Lane
Man on Telephone
Sharon Ferrol-Young
Miss Baker
Dimitri Vassilopoulos
Martinez
Francis Beggins
City Hall Speaker
Jean Trowbridge
Dr. Fletcher's Mother
Ken Chapin
On-Camera Interviewer
Gerald Klein
Hearst Guest
Erma Campbell
Zelig's Wife
Anton Marco
Wrist Victim
Louise Deitch
House-Painting Victim
Bernice Dowis
Vilification Woman
Bernie Herold
Carter Dean
Michael Blevins
Lizard Dancer (uncredited)
Wilhelm Brückner
Self - Walking Behind Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bobby Jones
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
Self with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julius Schaub
Self - Walking Behind Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gregor Strasser
Self - With Back to Hitler (archive footage) (uncredited)
Franz von Epp
Self - With Goebbels and Ley (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jimmy Walker
Self - Mayor of New York (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ruth Leon Weiman
Mother of a Graduate (uncredited)
Tug Wilson
Police Officer (uncredited)
Joseph Badalucco Jr.

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