The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Vincente Minnelli.

Cast

• Lana Turner as Georgia Lorrison
• Kirk Douglas as Jonathan Shields
• Walter Pidgeon as Harry Pebbel
• Dick Powell as James Lee Bartlow
• Barry Sullivan as Fred Amiel
• Gloria Grahame as Rosemary Bartlow
• Leo G. Carroll as Henry Whitfield
• Gilbert Roland as Victor "Gaucho" Ribera
• Paul Stewart as Syd Murphy
• Vanessa Brown as Kay Amiel
• Elaine Stewart as Lila
• Sammy White as Gus
• Ivan Triesault as Von Ellstein
• Lucy Knoch as Blonde Dancing with Gaucho (uncredited)
• Jay Adler as Mr. Z (uncredited)
• Stanley Andrews as Sheriff (uncredited)
• Del Armstrong as Georgia's Makeup Artist (uncredited)
• Ben Astar as Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
• Barbara Billingsley as Evelyn Lucien (Costumer) (uncredited)
• John Bishop as Ferraday (uncredited)
• Madge Blake as Mrs. Rosser (uncredited)
• Marshall Bradford as Man Outside the Club (uncredited)
• Paul Bradley as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Hadda Brooks as Piano Player (uncredited)
• Ralph Brooks as Mourner (uncredited)
• Robert Burton as McDill (uncredited)
• Francis X. Bushman as Eulogist (uncredited)
• Louis Calhern as Georgia Lorrison's Father (voice) (uncredited)
• Marietta Canty as Ida (uncredited)
• Robert Carson as Casting Director (uncredited)
• Beulah Christian as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Janet Comerford as Bobby-Soxer (uncredited)
• James Conaty as Party Guest (uncredited)
• Jonathan Cott as Assistant Director (uncredited)
• Lillian Culver as Real Estate Woman (uncredited)
• Alexis Davidoff as Priest (uncredited)
• Bob Davis as Assistant (uncredited)
• Sandy Descher as Little Girl Screaming on "Cat Man" Set (uncredited)
• Helen Dickson as Symposium Guest (uncredited)
• Phil Dunham as Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Crew

• John Houseman — Producer
• Charles Schnee — Screenplay
• Vincente Minnelli — Director
• David Raksin — Original Music Composer
• Robert Surtees — Director of Photography

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