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 as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Willis Bouchey as McBride (uncredited)

Marshall Bradford as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Ruth Brady as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

Tex Brodus as Dancer (uncredited)

Sheila Bromley as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Bryar as Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited)

Benny Burt as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Boyd Cabeen as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

George Calliga as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Kathryn Card as Landlady (uncredited)

John Carlyle as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Beth Carter as Dancer (uncredited)

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 as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Samuel Colt as Sammy the Stage Manager (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin as Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)

Charles J. Conrad as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Tom Cound as Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited)

Oliver Cross as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Russell Custer as Courtroom Officer (uncredited)

Blythe Daley as Nora Fusselow (uncredited)

Havis Davenport as Paramount Starlet (uncredited)

Rudy Del Campo as Dancer (uncredited)

Harry Denny as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew as Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited)

Alan DeWitt as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

Joe Dougherty as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

Helen Eby-Rock as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Ellis as Pinkerton Detective (uncredited)

Jean Engstrom as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Harry Evans as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

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 as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Almeda Fowler as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo as José Rodriguez (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert as Audience Member (uncredited)

Joseph Glick as Vagrant (uncredited)

Jack Gordon as Stagehand (uncredited)

Wilton Graff as Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited)

Marion Gray as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Robert Haines as Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Charles Halton as Paymaster (uncredited)

Joseph Hamilton as Agent (uncredited)

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 as Soundman (uncredited)

James Hyland as Assistant Announcer (uncredited)

Bob Jellison as Eddie (uncredited)

Jay Johnson as Musician (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone as Spectator (uncredited)

Arlene Karr as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey as Audience Member (uncredited)

Jack Kenney as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Tom Kingston as Reporter (uncredited)

George Kitchel as Reporter (uncredited)

Allen Kramer as Man (uncredited)

Frank Kreig as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

Henry Kulky as Cuddles (uncredited)

Nancy Kulp as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Paul Levitt as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Carey Loftin as Signboard Man (uncredited)

Robert Locke Lorraine as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Mae Marsh as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Strother Martin as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Martinson as Woman (uncredited)

Louis Mason as Doorman (uncredited)

Nita Mathews as Dancer (uncredited)

Ila McAvoy as Mother in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)

Jack McCoy as Father in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)

Philo McCullough as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Don McKay as Dancer (uncredited)

Heidi Meadows as Esther (age 3) (uncredited)

Joseph Mell as Paymaster (uncredited)

Harold Miller as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Nolie Miller as Dancer (uncredited)

Patrick Miller as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Todd Miller as Dancer (uncredited)

Wade Miller as Dancer (uncredited)

Mort Mills as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

John Monaghan as Male Secretary (uncredited)

Hal J. Moore as Racetrack PA Announcer (uncredited)

Monette Moore as Blues Singer (uncredited)

Charles Morton as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Jack Mower as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

George Nardelli as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Tom Nolan as Child Dancer (uncredited)

Anton Northpole as Vagrant (uncredited)

Barry Norton as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Ron Nyman as Stage Manager (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Leonard Penn as Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Jack Pepper as Chef (uncredited)

Hilda Plowright as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Mel Pogue as Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Murray Pollack as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Ezelle Poule as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Puglia as Bruno (uncredited)

Grandon Rhodes as Producer at Premiere (uncredited)

Don Richards as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Leoda Richards as Party Guest (uncredited)

Kay Riehl as Hairdresser (uncredited)

Larry Rio as Soundman (uncredited)

Lotus Robb as Ms. Markham (uncredited)

Walter Rode as Courtroom Policeman (uncredited)

Patricia Rosemond as Dancer (uncredited)

Riza Royce as Secretary (uncredited)

Henry Russell as Studio Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Loretta Russell as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Dick Ryan as Nightclub Man (uncredited)

John Saxon as Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)

Bernard Sell as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

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 as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Arthur Space as Night Court Clerk (uncredited)

Bert Spencer as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Buddy Spencer as Dancer (uncredited)

Eileen Stevens as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Stevenson as Boom Operator (uncredited)

Robert Strong as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Grady Sutton as Artie Carver (uncredited)

Kay Tapscott as Dancer (uncredited)

Dub Taylor as Norman's Driver (uncredited)

Wayne Taylor as Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Al Thompson as Vagrant (uncredited)

Ted Thorpe as Soundman (uncredited)

Louis Tomei as Signboard Man (uncredited)

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 as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Geraldine Wall as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Ruth Warren as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Watts as Harrison (uncredited)

Harte Wayne as Man at a Funeral (uncredited)

Richard Webb as Wallace (uncredited)

Duff Whitney as Reporter (uncredited)

Shirley Whitney as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

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 as Dancer (uncredited)