Summary
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Cast
Judy Garland
Vicki Lester
James Mason
Norman Maine
Jack Carson
Matt Libby
Charles Bickford
Oliver Niles
Tommy Noonan
Danny McGuire
Lucy Marlow
Lola Lavery
Amanda Blake
Susan Ettinger
Irving Bacon
Graves
Hazel Shermet
Libby's secretary
James Brown
Glenn Williams
Leon Alton
Usher (uncredited)
Rudolph Anders
Mr. Ettinger (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Agent (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
George Becwar
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Don Beddoe
Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)
Willis Bouchey
McBride (uncredited)
Ruth Brady
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Paul Brinegar
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Sheila Bromley
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Bryar
Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited)
George Calliga
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
Landlady (uncredited)
Chick Chandler
Man in Car at Diner (uncredited)
Lauren Chapin
Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited)
Heinie Conklin
Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)
Tom Cound
Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited)
Joe Dougherty
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Jean Engstrom
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Rex Evans
Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Ray (uncredited)
Timothy Farrell
Bailiff (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson
Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Almeda Fowler
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Nacho Galindo
José Rodriguez (uncredited)
Wilton Graff
Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited)
Charles Halton
Paymaster (uncredited)
Joseph Hamilton
Agent (uncredited)
Percy Helton
William Gregory (uncredited)
Louis Jean Heydt
Ocean Scene Director (uncredited)
Al Hill
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Spectator (uncredited)
Olin Howland
Charley (uncredited)
Robert F. Hoy
Soundman (uncredited)
Dick Johnstone
Spectator (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Audience Member (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Frank Kreig
Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Henry Kulky
Cuddles (uncredited)
Nancy Kulp
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Carey Loftin
Signboard Man (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Mae Marsh
Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Strother Martin
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Doorman (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Joseph Mell
Paymaster (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Mort Mills
Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Charles Morton
Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Tom Nolan
Child Dancer (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Benefit Attendee (uncredited)
Ron Nyman
Stage Manager (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Leonard Penn
Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Frank Puglia
Bruno (uncredited)
Grandon Rhodes
Producer at Premiere (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Party Guest (uncredited)
Riza Royce
Secretary (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
John Saxon
Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)
Joan Shawlee
Joan (uncredited)
Don Shelton
TV Director (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited)
Dick Simmons
Producer / Benefactor (uncredited)
Reginald Simpson
Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Arthur Space
Night Court Clerk (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Artie Carver (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
Norman's Driver (uncredited)
Al Thompson
Vagrant (uncredited)
Emerson Treacy
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Photographer in a Dressing Room (uncredited)
Geraldine Wall
Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Charles Watts
Harrison (uncredited)
Richard Webb
Wallace (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Frank (uncredited)
Jean Willes
Fan at a Benefit Show (uncredited)
Tom Wilson
Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)
Eric Wilton
Charles (uncredited)
Mary Young
Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited)