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