A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Elia Kazan.

Cast

• Dorothy McGuire as Katie Nolan
• Joan Blondell as Aunt Sissy
• James Dunn as Johnny Nolan
• Lloyd Nolan as Officer McShane
• James Gleason as McGarrity
• Ted Donaldson as Neeley Nolan
• Peggy Ann Garner as Francie Nolan
• Ruth Nelson as Miss McDonough
• John Alexander as Steve Edwards
• B.S. Pully as Christmas Tree Vendor
• Ferike Boros as Grandmother (uncredited)
• Virginia Brissac as Miss Tilford (uncredited)
• Lillian Bronson as Librarian (uncredited)
• Adeline De Walt Reynolds as Mrs. Waters (uncredited)
• Charles Halton as Mr. Barker (uncredited)
• Harry Harvey Jr. as Herschel Knutson (uncredited)
• J. Farrell MacDonald as Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)
• Mae Marsh as Tynmore Sister (uncredited)
• Nicholas Ray as Bakery Clerk (uncredited)
• Erskine Sanford as Undertaker (uncredited)
• Gloria Talbott as Teen-Age Girl in Classroom (uncredited)
• Robert J. Anderson as Augie (uncredited)
• Jessie Arnold as Nurse (uncredited)
• John Berkes as Mr. Creckenbox (uncredited)
• Linda Bieber as Girl (uncredited)
• Wyrley Birch as Old man on second floor landing (uncredited)
• Al Bridge as Cheap Charlie (uncredited)
• Boots Brown as Boy (uncredited)
• Sally Ann Brown as Girl (uncredited)
• Sheila Brown as Girl (uncredited)
• Bobby Burns as Library Patron (uncredited)
• George M. Carleton as Doctor (uncredited)
• James B. Carson as Undetermined (uncredited)
• Alec Craig as Werner (uncredited)
• Peter Cusanelli as The Barber (uncredited)
• Harry Denny as Undetermined (uncredited)
• Joy Duguay as Girl (uncredited)
• Al Eben as Union Man (uncredited)
• Fernanda Eliscu as Undetermined (uncredited)
• Edythe Elliott as Nurse (uncredited)

Crew

• Elia Kazan — Director
• Louis D. Lighton — Producer
• Alfred Newman — Original Music Composer
• Betty Smith — Novel
• Leon Shamroy — Director of Photography
• Tess Slesinger — Screenplay
• Frank Davis — Screenplay

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