Casts

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  William Holden

  Joe Gillis

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  Gloria Swanson

  Norma Desmond

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  Erich von Stroheim

  Max von Mayerling

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  Nancy Olson

  Betty Schaefer

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  Fred Clark

  Sheldrake

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  Lloyd Gough

  Morino

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  Jack Webb

  Artie Green

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  Franklyn Farnum

  Undertaker

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  Larry J. Blake

  1st Finance Man

• Charles Dayton

  2nd Finance Man

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  Cecil B. DeMille

  Cecil B. DeMille

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  Hedda Hopper

  Hedda Hopper

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  Buster Keaton

  Buster Keaton

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  Anna Q. Nilsson

  Anna Q. Nilsson

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  H.B. Warner

  H.B. Warner

• Ray Evans

  Ray Evans

• Jay Livingston

  Jay Livingston

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  Fred Aldrich

  Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)

• Joel Allen

  Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

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  Gertrude Astor

  Courtier (uncredited)

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  Anne Bauchens

  Editor (uncredited)

• Edward Biby

  Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

• Danny Borzage

  Accordionist (uncredited)

• Ken Christy

  Homicide Captain (uncredited)

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  Ruth Clifford

  Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

• John Cortay

  Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)

• Archie R. Dalzell

  Camera Operator (uncredited)

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  Eddie Dew

  Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

• 

  Julia Faye

  Hisham (uncredited)

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  Al Ferguson

  Phone Standby (uncredited)

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  Gerry Ganzer

  Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)

• Rudy Germane

  Detective (uncredited)

• Kenneth Gibson

  Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

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  Creighton Hale

  Creighton Hale (uncredited)

• Chuck Hamilton

  Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

• Len Hendry

  Police Sergeant (uncredited)

• E. Mason Hopper

  Doctor (uncredited)

• Stan Johnson

  First Assistant Director (uncredited)

• Tiny Jones

  Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)

• Howard Joslin

  Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

• Arthur Lane

  Camera Operator (uncredited)

• Perc Launders

  Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)

• William Meader

  Party Guest (uncredited)

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  Gertrude Messinger

  Hairdresser (uncredited)

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  Harold Miller

  Man on Golf Course (uncredited)

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  Howard Negley

  Police Captain (uncredited)

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  John 'Skins' Miller

  Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)

• 

  Lee Miller

  Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)

• Ralph Montgomery

  Prop Man #1 (uncredited)

• 

  Bert Moorhouse

  Gordon Cole (uncredited)

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  Jay Morley

  Fat Man (uncredited)

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  Eva Novak

  Courtier (uncredited)

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  Frank O'Connor

  Courtier (uncredited)

• 

  Robert Emmett O'Connor

  Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)

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  Jack Perrin

  Detective (uncredited)

• Sidney Skolsky

  Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)

• Emmett Smith

  Black Man (uncredited)

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  Archie Twitchell

  Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

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  Yvette Vickers

  Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)

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  Henry Wilcoxon

  Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)

• James Hawley

  Camera Assistant (uncredited)

• Bernice Mosk

  Bernice (uncredited)

• Virginia L. Randolph

  Courtier (uncredited)

• Bill Sheehan

  Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

• Roy Thompson

  Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

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  Jack Warden

  Party Guest (uncredited)

• Finn Zirzow

  Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)