From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
Cast
Bette Davis
Margo Channing
Anne Baxter
Eve Harrington
George Sanders
Addison DeWitt
Celeste Holm
Karen Richards
Gary Merrill
Bill Sampson
Hugh Marlowe
Lloyd Richards
Thelma Ritter
Birdie Coonan
Gregory Ratoff
Max Fabian
Marilyn Monroe
Miss Caswell
Barbara Bates
Phoebe
Walter Hampden
Aged Actor
Randy Stuart
Girl
Craig Hill
Leading Man
Leland Harris
Doorman
Barbara White
Autograph Seeker
Eddie Fisher
Stage Manager
William Pullen
Clerk
Claude Stroud
Pianist
Eugene Borden
Frenchman
Helen Mowery
Reporter
Steven Geray
Captain of Waiters
Gertrude Astor
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Waiter (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Jack Chefe
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Jack Deery
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
William Marion
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Waiter (uncredited)
Mathew McCue
Waiter (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Stanley Orr
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Foster H. Phinney
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Marion Pierce
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Paul Power
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Suzanne Ridgway
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Ann Robinson
Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Waiter (uncredited)
Larry Steers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)
Robert Whitney
Actor in "Hearts of Oak" (uncredited)
Crew
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Director, Screenplay
Mary Orr
Short Story
Barbara McLean
Editor
Milton Krasner
Director of Photography
Hal Klein
Second Assistant Director
Gaston Glass
Assistant Director
Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer
Paul Lockwood
Camera Operator
Charles LeMaire
Wardrobe Supervisor
Edith Head
Costume Design
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
W.D. Flick
Sound
Alfred Newman
Original Music Composer
Urban Thielmann
Music
Thomas Little
Set Decoration
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Ray Nolan
Still Photographer
Fred R. Simpson
Property Master
Max Golden
Production Manager
Robert R. Snody
Unit Production Manager
George W. Davis
Art Direction
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Edward B. Powell
Orchestrator
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