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The Actress (1953)

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The Actress

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Director

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  • George Cukor
    George Cukor

Writers

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  • Ruth Gordon
    Ruth Gordon
    screen play
  • Ruth Gordon
    Ruth Gordon
    from: her stage play "Years Ago"

Cast

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(in credits order) verified as complete
  • Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    Spencer Tracy
    Clinton Jones
  • Jean Simmons
    Jean Simmons
    Jean Simmons
    Ruth Gordon Jones
  • Teresa Wright
    Teresa Wright
    Teresa Wright
    Annie Jones
  • Anthony Perkins in The Tin Star (1957)
    Anthony Perkins
    Anthony Perkins
    Fred Whitmarsh
  • Ian Wolfe in Barney Miller (1975)
    Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe
    Mr. Bagley
  • James Gonzalez and Kay Williams in The Actress (1953)
    Kay Williams
    Kay Williams
    Hazel Dawn
  • Mary Wickes
    Mary Wickes
    Mary Wickes
    Emma Glavey
  • Norma Jean Nilsson
    Norma Jean Nilsson
    Anna
  • Dawn Bender in Teenagers from Outer Space (1959)
    Dawn Bender
    Dawn Bender
    Katherine
Rest of cast listed alphabetically
  • Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    Erville Alderson
    Mike McGrath
    (uncredited)
  • Hal Bell
    Hal Bell
    Chorus Boy in 'The Pink Lady'
    (uncredited)
  • Jackie Coogan in Playhouse 90 (1956)
    Jackie Coogan
    Jackie Coogan
    Inopportune
    (uncredited)
  • Ken DuMain
    Ken DuMain
    Spectator at Show
    (uncredited)
  • James Elsegood
    James Elsegood
    Chorus Boy in 'The Pink Lady'
    (uncredited)
  • Adolph Faylauer
    Adolph Faylauer
    Adolph Faylauer
    Spectator at Show
    (uncredited)
  • Raoul Freeman
    Raoul Freeman
    Spectator at Show
    (uncredited)
  • Robert Fuller
    Robert Fuller
    Robert Fuller
    Dancer
    (uncredited)
  • Ed Fury and Luis Prendes in Ursus (1961)
    Ed Fury
    Ed Fury
    Dance Partner
    (uncredited)
  • James Gonzalez
    James Gonzalez
    James Gonzalez
    Spectator at Show
    (uncredited)
  • Kenner G. Kemp in The Untouchables (1959)
    Kenner G. Kemp
    Kenner G. Kemp
    Spectator at Show
    (uncredited)
  • Louis Mason
    Louis Mason
    Louis Mason
    Mr. Sparrow
    (uncredited)
  • Frank McLure
    Frank McLure
    Frank McLure
    Spectator at Show
    (uncredited)
  • Ellen Morgan
    Ellen Morgan
    (uncredited)
  • Frank Radcliffe
    Frank Radcliffe
    Chorus Boy in 'The Pink Lady'
    (uncredited)
  • Clark Ross in The Monkees (1965)
    Clark Ross
    Clark Ross
    Spectator at Show
    (uncredited)

Producer

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  • Lawrence Weingarten
    Lawrence Weingarten
    producer

Cinematographer

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  • Harold Rosson
    Harold Rosson
    director of photography

Editor

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  • George Boemler
    George Boemler
    film editor

Art Directors

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  • Cedric Gibbons
    Cedric Gibbons
  • Arthur Lonergan
    Arthur Lonergan

Set Decorators

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  • Emile Kuri
    Emile Kuri
    set decorations
  • Edwin B. Willis
    Edwin B. Willis
    set decorations

Costume Designer

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  • Walter Plunkett
    Walter Plunkett
    costumes designed by

Makeup Department

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  • Sydney Guilaroff
    Sydney Guilaroff
    hair stylist
  • William Tuttle
    William Tuttle
    makeup creator

Production Management

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  • William Kaplan
    William Kaplan
    unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Directors or Assistant Directors

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  • Jack Greenwood
    Jack Greenwood
    assistant director
  • Carl 'Major' Roup
    Carl 'Major' Roup
    second assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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  • Douglas Shearer
    Douglas Shearer
    recording supervisor

Special Effects

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  • Warren Newcombe
    Warren Newcombe
    special effects

Music Department

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  • Bronislau Kaper
    Bronislau Kaper
    musical director
  • Robert Franklyn
    Robert Franklyn
    orchestrator (uncredited)

Choreography

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  • Hermes Pan
    Hermes Pan
    choreographer (uncredited)

Property Department

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  • Carl Nugent
    Carl Nugent
    assistant property master (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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  • Max Gordon
    Max Gordon
    play: "Years Ago" presented on the stage by
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