Rudolf Nureyev as Rudolph Valentino

Leslie Caron as Alla Nazimova

Michelle Phillips as Natasha Rambova

Carol Kane as Starlet

Felicity Kendal as June Mathis

Seymour Cassel as George Ullman

Peter Vaughan as Rory O'Neil

Huntz Hall as Jesse Lasky

David de Keyser as Joseph Schenck

Alfred Marks as Richard Rowland

Anton Diffring as Baron Long

Jennie Linden as Agnes Ayres

William Hootkins as Fatty

Bill McKinney as Jail Cop

Don Fellows as George Melford

John Justin as Sidney Olcott

Linda Thorson as Billie Streeter

Emily Bolton as Bianca de Saulles

Penelope Milford as Lorna Sinclair

Dudley Sutton as Willie

Robin Clarke as Jack de Saulles

Anthony Dowell as Vaslav Nijinsky

James Berwick as Fight Referee

Marcella Markham as Hooker

Leland Palmer as Marjorie Tain

John Alderson as Cop

Hal Galili as Harry Fischbeck

Percy Herbert as Studio Guard

Nicolette Marvin as Marsha Lee

Mark Baker as Assistant Director

Mildred Shay as Old Lady

Lindsay Kemp as Mortician

John Ratzenberger as Newshound

Norman Chancer as Newshound

Robert O'Neil as Newshound

Christine Carlson as Tango Dancer

Deirdre Costello as 1st Whore (uncredited)

Diana Weston as 2nd Whore (uncredited)

Murray Salem as Vagrant (uncredited)

Ken Russell as Rex Ingram (uncredited)

Jill Goldston as Woman Holding Drink (uncredited)

Georgina Hale as Fatty's entourage (uncredited)