Ziegfeld Follies (1945) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Roy Del Ruth, Lemuel Ayers, George Sidney, Robert Lewis.

Cast

• William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
• Fred Astaire as Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
• Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
• Lucille Bremer as Princess ("This Heart of Mine") / Moy Ling ("Limehouse Blues")
• Fanny Brice as Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
• Judy Garland as Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")
• Kathryn Grayson as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
• Lena Horne as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
• Gene Kelly as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
• James Melton as Alfredo (segment "La Traviata")
• Victor Moore as Lawyer's Client (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
• Red Skelton as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
• Esther Williams as Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
• Edward Arnold as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
• Marion Bell as Violetta (segment "La Traviata")
• Cyd Charisse as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
• Hume Cronyn as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
• William Frawley as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
• Robert Lewis as Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")
• Virginia O'Brien as Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
• Keenan Wynn as Caller (segment "Number Please")
• Noreen Nash as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
• Eve Whitney as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
• Melba Snowden as Dancer (uncredited)
• Peter Lawford as Porky (segment "Number Please") (voice) (uncredited)

Crew

• Arthur Freed — Producer
• Vincente Minnelli — Director
• Charles Rosher — Director of Photography
• George J. Folsey — Director of Photography
• Roy Del Ruth — Director
• Lemuel Ayers — Director
• George Sidney — Director
• Harry Warren — Original Music Composer
• David Freedman — Writer
• Hugh Martin — Writer
• Robert Lewis — Director
• Ralph Blane — Writer

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