Summary
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Cast
Bette Davis
Margo Channing
Anne Baxter
Eve Harrington
George Sanders
Addison DeWitt
Celeste Holm
Karen Richards
Gary Merrill
Bill Sampson
Hugh Marlowe
Lloyd Richards
Thelma Ritter
Birdie Coonan
Gregory Ratoff
Max Fabian
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Caswell
Barbara Bates
Phoebe
Walter Hampden
Aged Actor
Randy Stuart
Girl
Craig Hill
Leading Man
Barbara White
Autograph Seeker
William Pullen
Clerk
Claude Stroud
Pianist
Eugene Borden
Frenchman
Helen Mowery
Reporter
Steven Geray
Captain of Waiters
Gertrude Astor
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Ann Robinson
Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Waiter (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Robert Whitney
Actor in "Hearts of Oak" (uncredited)