A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

176 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Oct. 1, 1954

A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

A Star Is Born

176 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Oct. 1, 1954

A Star Is Born
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Warner Bros. Pictures, Transcona Enterprises
Original title A Star Is Born
Directors Edward Graham, Russell Llewellyn, Earl Bellamy, George Cukor
Writers Ira Gershwin, Moss Hart, Robert Carson, Alan Campbell, Dorothy Parker, William A. Wellman

Cast

Judy Garland

as Vicki Lester

James Mason

as Norman Maine

Jack Carson

as Matt Libby

Charles Bickford

as Oliver Niles

Tommy Noonan

as Danny McGuire

Lucy Marlow

as Lola Lavery

Amanda Blake

as Susan Ettinger

Irving Bacon

as Graves

Hazel Shermet

as Libby's secretary

James Brown

as Glenn Williams

John Alban

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Laurindo Almeida

as Guitarist (uncredited)

Leon Alton

as Usher (uncredited)

Rudolph Anders

as Mr. Ettinger (uncredited)

David Armstrong

as Soundman (uncredited)

Phil Arnold

as Agent (uncredited)

Nadine Ashdown

as Esther (age 6) (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Baker

as Father (uncredited)

George Becwar

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Don Beddoe

as Studio Executive at Premiere (uncredited)

Rodney Bell

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Oscar Blank

as Vagrant (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett

as Dancer (uncredited)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Willis Bouchey

as McBride (uncredited)

Marshall Bradford

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Ruth Brady

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Brinegar

as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

Tex Brodus

as Dancer (uncredited)

Sheila Bromley

as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Paul Bryar

as Bartender at Racetrack (uncredited)

Benny Burt

as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Boyd Cabeen

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

George Calliga

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Kathryn Card

as Landlady (uncredited)

John Carlyle

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Beth Carter

as Dancer (uncredited)

Spencer Chan

as Actor at Payroll Window (uncredited)

Chick Chandler

as Man in Car at Diner (uncredited)

Lauren Chapin

as Little Girl at Boarding House (uncredited)

Beulah Christian

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Samuel Colt

as Sammy the Stage Manager (uncredited)

Heinie Conklin

as Benefit Comedy Team Member (uncredited)

Charles J. Conrad

as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Tom Cound

as Price Waterhouse Man (uncredited)

Oliver Cross

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Russell Custer

as Courtroom Officer (uncredited)

Blythe Daley

as Nora Fusselow (uncredited)

Havis Davenport

as Paramount Starlet (uncredited)

Rudy Del Campo

as Dancer (uncredited)

Harry Denny

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

as Assistant Director at Train Station (uncredited)

Alan DeWitt

as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

Joe Dougherty

as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

Helen Eby-Rock

as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Jack Ellis

as Pinkerton Detective (uncredited)

Jean Engstrom

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Harry Evans

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Rex Evans

as Academy Awards Emcee (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Ray (uncredited)

Timothy Farrell

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Frank Ferguson

as Judge George J. Barnes (uncredited)

Elizabeth Flournoy

as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Almeda Fowler

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Raoul Freeman

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Nacho Galindo

as José Rodriguez (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Joe Gilbert

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Joseph Glick

as Vagrant (uncredited)

Jack Gordon

as Stagehand (uncredited)

Wilton Graff

as Shrine Auditorium Emcee (uncredited)

Marion Gray

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Robert Haines

as Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Charles Halton

as Paymaster (uncredited)

Joseph Hamilton

as Agent (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Benefit Attendee / Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Ray Heindorf

as Movie Premiere Attendee (uncredited)

Percy Helton

as William Gregory (uncredited)

Louis Jean Heydt

as Ocean Scene Director (uncredited)

Al Hill

as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Spectator (uncredited)

Olin Howland

as Charley (uncredited)

Robert F. Hoy

as Soundman (uncredited)

James Hyland

as Assistant Announcer (uncredited)

Bob Jellison

as Eddie (uncredited)

Jay Johnson

as Musician (uncredited)

Dick Johnstone

as Spectator (uncredited)

Arlene Karr

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Jack Kenney

as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Tom Kingston

as Reporter (uncredited)

George Kitchel

as Reporter (uncredited)

Allen Kramer

as Man (uncredited)

Frank Kreig

as Man at Funeral (uncredited)

Henry Kulky

as Cuddles (uncredited)

Nancy Kulp

as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Richard LaMarr

as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Paul Levitt

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Carey Loftin

as Signboard Man (uncredited)

Robert Locke Lorraine

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Frank Marlowe

as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Strother Martin

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Dorothy Martinson

as Woman (uncredited)

Louis Mason

as Doorman (uncredited)

Nita Mathews

as Dancer (uncredited)

Ila McAvoy

as Mother in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)

Jack McCoy

as Father in "Born in a Trunk" Number (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Don McKay

as Dancer (uncredited)

Heidi Meadows

as Esther (age 3) (uncredited)

Joseph Mell

as Paymaster (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Nolie Miller

as Dancer (uncredited)

Patrick Miller

as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Todd Miller

as Dancer (uncredited)

Wade Miller

as Dancer (uncredited)

Mort Mills

as Makeup Artist (uncredited)

John Monaghan

as Male Secretary (uncredited)

Hal J. Moore

as Racetrack PA Announcer (uncredited)

Monette Moore

as Blues Singer (uncredited)

Charles Morton

as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Jack Mower

as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

George Nardelli

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Tom Nolan

as Child Dancer (uncredited)

Anton Northpole

as Vagrant (uncredited)

Barry Norton

as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Ron Nyman

as Stage Manager (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Leonard Penn

as Train Station Scene Director (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Jack Pepper

as Chef (uncredited)

Hilda Plowright

as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Mel Pogue

as Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)

Ezelle Poule

as Shrine Auditorium Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Puglia

as Bruno (uncredited)

Grandon Rhodes

as Producer at Premiere (uncredited)

Don Richards

as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Kay Riehl

as Hairdresser (uncredited)

Larry Rio

as Soundman (uncredited)

Lotus Robb

as Ms. Markham (uncredited)

Walter Rode

as Courtroom Policeman (uncredited)

Patricia Rosemond

as Dancer (uncredited)

Riza Royce

as Secretary (uncredited)

Henry Russell

as Studio Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Dick Ryan

as Nightclub Man (uncredited)

John Saxon

as Movie Premiere Usher (uncredited)

Bernard Sell

as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)

Patrick Sexton

as Bert (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

as Wheeler (uncredited)

Joan Shawlee

as Joan (uncredited)

Don Shelton

as TV Director (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

as Man Trying to Subdue Norman at Banquet (uncredited)

Dick Simmons

as Producer / Benefactor (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Arthur Space

as Night Court Clerk (uncredited)

Bert Spencer

as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)

Buddy Spencer

as Dancer (uncredited)

Eileen Stevens

as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Robert Stevenson

as Boom Operator (uncredited)

Robert Strong

as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

as Artie Carver (uncredited)

Kay Tapscott

as Dancer (uncredited)

Dub Taylor

as Norman's Driver (uncredited)

Wayne Taylor

as Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Al Thompson

as Vagrant (uncredited)

Ted Thorpe

as Soundman (uncredited)

Louis Tomei

as Signboard Man (uncredited)

Emerson Treacy

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

as Photographer in a Dressing Room (uncredited)

Valerie Vernon

as Marian (uncredited)

Ralph Volkie

as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)

Geraldine Wall

as Esther's Neighbor (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Charles Watts

as Harrison (uncredited)

Harte Wayne

as Man at a Funeral (uncredited)

Richard Webb

as Wallace (uncredited)

Duff Whitney

as Reporter (uncredited)

Shirley Whitney

as Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell

as Shrine Auditorium Reporter (uncredited)

Frank Wilcox

as Frank (uncredited)

Jean Willes

as Fan at a Benefit Show (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

as Stagehand Carrying Poles / Passerby Outside Hotel (uncredited)

Eric Wilton

as Charles (uncredited)

Stephen Wyman

as Nigel Peters (uncredited)

Mary Young

as Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited)