Zelig

Zelig

79 mins | Comedy | July 15, 1983

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

Zelig

79 mins | Comedy | July 15, 1983

Zelig
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Orion Pictures
Original title Zelig
Directors Tony Gittelson, Kay Chapin, Duncan Scott, Thomas A. Reilly, Jim Chory, Frederic B. Blankfein, Woody Allen
Writers Woody Allen

Cast

Woody Allen

as Leonard Zelig

Mia Farrow

as Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Patrick Horgan

as The Narrator (voice)

John Buckwalter

as Dr. Sindell

Marvin Chatinover

as Glandular Diagnosis Doctor

Stanley Swerdlow

as Mexican Food Doctor

Paul Nevens

as Dr. Birsky

Howard Erskine

as Hypodermic Doctor

Richard Whiting

as Other Doctor

Ralph Bell

as Other Doctor

Will Hussung

as Other Doctor

Gale Hansen

as Freshman #1

Michael Jeter

as Freshman #2

Peter McRobbie

as Workers Rally Speaker

Richard Litt

as Charles Koslow

Mary Louise Wilson

as Sister Ruth

Alice Beardsley

as Telephone Operator

Paula Trueman

as Woman on Telephone

Garrett M. Brown

as Actor Zelig

Marianne Tatum

as Actress Fletcher

Charles Denny

as Actor Doctor

Michael Kell

as Actor Koslow

John Rothman

as Paul Deghuee

Deborah Rush

as Lita Fox

Stanley Simmonds

as Lita's Lawyer

Robert Berger

as Zelig's Lawyer

Jeanine Jackson

as Helen Gray

John Doumanian

as Greek Waiter

Willy Holt

as Rally Chancellor

Susan Sontag

as Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews

Saul Bellow

as Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews

Irving Howe

as Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews

Marshall Cole Sr.

as Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews

Ellen Garrison

as Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Jack Cannon

as Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews

Theodore R. Smits

as Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews

Sherman Loud

as Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews

Elizabeth Rothschild

as Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Kuno Sponholz

as Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews

Ed Herlihy

as Pathe News Announcer (voice)

Dwight Weist

as Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)

George Hamlin

as Experimental Drugs Doctor

Robert Iglesia

as Man in Barber Chair

Eli Resnick

as Man in Park

Edward McPhillips

as Scotsman

Sol Lomita

as Martin Geist

Ed Lane

as Man on Telephone

Sharon Ferrol-Young

as Miss Baker

Dimitri Vassilopoulos

as Martinez

Stephanie Farrow

as Sister Meryl

Francis Beggins

as City Hall Speaker

Jean Trowbridge

as Dr. Fletcher's Mother

Ken Chapin

as On-Camera Interviewer

Gerald Klein

as Hearst Guest

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

as Hearst Guest

Erma Campbell

as Zelig's Wife

Anton Marco

as Wrist Victim

Louise Deitch

as House-Painting Victim

Bernice Dowis

as Vilification Woman

Bernie Herold

as Carter Dean

Elizabeth Kaitan

as German Girl (uncredited)

Arthur Anderson

as Other Doctor (uncredited)

Mae Questel

as Voice of Helen Kane (uncredited)

Bubba Dean Rambo

as Charleston Dancer (uncredited)

Kim Johnston Ulrich

as Beauty Contestant (uncredited)