Drama Music Romance
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Directed by
George Cukor
Amanda Blake
Susan Ettinger
Don Beddoe
Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Norman's Driver (uncredited)
James Mason
Norman Maine
John Saxon
Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
Strother Martin
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Judy Garland
Vicki Lester
Nancy Kulp
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Charles Bickford
Oliver Niles
Barbara Pepper
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Graves
William H. O'Brien
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Jean Willes
Fan at a Benefit Show (uncredited)
Percy Helton
William Gregory (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Mort Mills
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Jack Carson
Matt Libby
Bess Flowers
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
McBride (uncredited)
James Brown
Glenn Williams (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Night Court Clerk (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Charley (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
Landlady (uncredited)
Ruth Brady
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilton Graff
Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Frank (uncredited)
Carey Loftin
Signboard Man (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Paymaster (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Harrison (uncredited)
Joan Shawlee
Joan (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Leonard Penn
Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Tommy Noonan
Danny McGuire
Emerson Treacy
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Ray (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Bruno (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Paymaster (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Photographer in a Dressing Room (uncredited)
Richard Webb
Wallace (uncredited)
Sheila Bromley
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Artie Carver (uncredited)
Dick Simmons
Producer / Benefactor (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy
Soundman (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Spectator (uncredited)
Chick Chandler
Man in Car at Diner (uncredited)
Don Shelton
TV Director (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
Producer at Premiere (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton
Agent (uncredited)
Lauren Chapin
Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited)
Rudolph Anders
Mr. Ettinger (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Ocean Scene Director (uncredited)
Lucy Marlow
Lola Lavery
Jack Mower
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Agent (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
José Rodriguez (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Nolan
Child Dancer (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Doorman (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited)
Mary Young
Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Rex Evans
Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
Geraldine Wall
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Riza Royce
Secretary (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Audience Member (uncredited)
Hazel Shermet
Libby's Secretary
Joe Dougherty
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Spectator (uncredited)
George Calliga
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Jean Engstrom
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Al Hill
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Vagrant (uncredited)
Ralph Volkie
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Tom Cound
Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Timothy Farrell
Bailiff (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
George Becwar
Assistant Director (uncredited)
John Alban
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Leon Alton
Usher (uncredited)
David Armstrong
Soundman (uncredited)
Nadine Ashdown
Esther (age 6) (uncredited)
Rodney Bell
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Oscar Blank
Vagrant (uncredited)
Lennie Bluett
Dancer (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Marshall Bradford
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Dancer (uncredited)
Benny Burt
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
John Carlyle
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Beth Carter
Dancer (uncredited)
Spencer Chan
Actor at Payroll Window (uncredited)
Beulah Christian
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Samuel Colt
Sammy the Stage Manager (uncredited)
Charles J. Conrad
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Oliver Cross
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Russell Custer
Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Blythe Daley
Nora Fusselow (uncredited)
Havis Davenport
Paramount Starlet (uncredited)
Rudy Del Campo
Dancer (uncredited)
Harry Denny
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Alan DeWitt
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Jack Ellis
Pinkerton Detective (uncredited)
Harry Evans
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Raoul Freeman
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Gilbert
Audience Member (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
Vagrant (uncredited)
Jack Gordon
Stagehand (uncredited)
Marion Gray
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Robert Haines
Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Benefit Attendee / Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
James Hyland
Assistant Announcer (uncredited)
Bob Jellison
Eddie (uncredited)
Jay Johnson
Musician (uncredited)
Arlene Karr
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Tom Kingston
Reporter (uncredited)
George Kitchel
Reporter (uncredited)
Allen Kramer
Man (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
Cuddles (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Paul Levitt
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert Locke Lorraine
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Dorothy Martinson
Woman (uncredited)
Nita Mathews
Dancer (uncredited)
Ila McAvoy
Mother in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)
Jack McCoy
Father in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)
Don McKay
Dancer (uncredited)
Heidi Meadows
Esther (age 3) (uncredited)
Nolie Miller
Dancer (uncredited)
Patrick Miller
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Todd Miller
Dancer (uncredited)
Wade Miller
Dancer (uncredited)
John Monaghan
Male Secretary (uncredited)
Hal J. Moore
Racetrack PA Announcer (uncredited)
Monette Moore
Blues Singer (uncredited)
Anton Northpole
Vagrant (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Jack Pepper
Chef (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Mel Pogue
Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Murray Pollack
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Ezelle Poule
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Don Richards
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Kay Riehl
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Soundman (uncredited)
Lotus Robb
Ms. Markham (uncredited)
Walter Rode
Courtroom Policeman (uncredited)
Patricia Rosemond
Dancer (uncredited)
Henry Russell
Studio Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Dick Ryan
Nightclub Man (uncredited)
Bernard Sell
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Patrick Sexton
Bert (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Wheeler (uncredited)
Bert Spencer
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Buddy Spencer
Dancer (uncredited)
Eileen Stevens
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Robert Stevenson
Boom Operator (uncredited)
Robert Strong
Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Kay Tapscott
Dancer (uncredited)
Wayne Taylor
Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Ted Thorpe
Soundman (uncredited)
Louis Tomei
Signboard Man (uncredited)
Valerie Vernon
Marian (uncredited)
Harte Wayne
Man at a Funeral (uncredited)
Duff Whitney
Reporter (uncredited)
Shirley Whitney
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Charles (uncredited)
Stephen Wyman
Nigel Peters (uncredited)

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