The Actress
Period drama. Story of a young girl in the early 1900's who dreams of becoming a stage star to give her parents the money they have never had.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Clinton Jones Spencer Tracy
- Ruth Gordon Jones Jean Simmons
- Annie Jones Teresa Wright
- Fred Whitmarsh Anthony Perkins
- Mr Bagley Ian Wolfe
- Hazel Dawn Kay Williams
- Emma Glavey Mary Wickes
- Anna Norma Jean Nilsson
- Katherine Dawn Bender
- [Mike McGrath] Erville Alderson
- [man heckler] Jackie Coogan
- [woman] Ellen Morgan
- [Mr Sparrow] Louis Mason
- [comedian - scenes deleted] Keith Hitchcock
- [Mr Donough - scenes deleted] Erwin Volze
- [waiter - scenes deleted] Matt Moore
- [stage doorman - scenes deleted] Mitchell Lewis
- [John Craig - scenes deleted] Walter Reed
Credits
Direction
- Director George Cukor
- Assistant Director Jack Greenwood
Production
- Production Company Loew's Incorporated
- Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Producer Lawrence Weingarten
Writing
- Screenplay Ruth Gordon
- Based on the play 'Years Ago' by Ruth Gordon
Photography
- Director of Photography Harold Rosson
Special Effects
- Special Effects Warren Newcombe
Editing
- Editor George Boemler
Design
- Art Director Cedric Gibbons
- Art Director Arthur Lonergan
- Set Decorator Edwin B. Willis
- Set Decorator Emile Kuri
Costumes
- Costumes Walter Plunkett
Make-up
- Make-up William Tuttle
- Hairstylist Sydney Guilaroff
Music
- Music Bronislau Kaper
Sound
- [Sound] Recording Supervisor Douglas Shearer