William Holden

Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson

Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim

Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson

Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark

Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough

Morino

Jack Webb

Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum

Undertaker

Larry J. Blake

1st Finance Man

Charles Dayton

2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner

Ray Evans

Ray Evans

Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston

Fred Aldrich

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

Joel Allen

Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Courtier (uncredited)

Anne Bauchens

Editor (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

Accordionist (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Homicide Captain (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

John Cortay

Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)

Archie R. Dalzell

Camera Operator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

Julia Faye

Hisham (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Phone Standby (uncredited)

Gerry Ganzer

Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Detective (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

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)

Gertrude Messinger

Hairdresser (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Man on Golf Course (uncredited)

Howard Negley

Police Captain (uncredited)

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)

Jay Morley

Fat Man (uncredited)

Eva Novak

Courtier (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Courtier (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Detective (uncredited)

Sidney Skolsky

Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)

Emmett Smith

Black Man (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Yvette Vickers

Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)

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)

Jack Warden

Party Guest (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow

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

Billy Wilder

Director

Charles Brackett

Screenplay

Billy Wilder

Screenplay

D.M. Marshman Jr.

Screenplay

Charles Brackett

Producer

Franz Waxman

Original Music Composer

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Arthur P. Schmidt

Editor

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

John Meehan

Art Direction

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Ray Moyer

Set Decoration

Edith Head

Costume Design

Hugh Brown

Production Manager

Nellie Manley

Hairstylist

Karl Silvera

Makeup Artist

Charles C. Coleman

Assistant Director

Gene Lauritzen

Construction Coordinator

Farciot Edouart

Visual Effects

Otto Pierce

Camera Operator

Frank Bracht

Assistant Editor

Sidney Cutner

Orchestrator

George Parrish

Orchestrator

Leonid Raab

Orchestrator

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Harry Lindgren

Sound Recordist

John Cope

Sound Recordist

Jack Colconda

Assistant Property Master

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Frank Thayer

Makeup Artist

Vera Tomei

Hairstylist

Gerd Oswald

Second Assistant Director

Steve Beers

Head Carpenter

Tom Plews

Props

Gordon Jennings

Visual Effects

Glen E. Richardson

Still Photographer

Harlow Stengel

Assistant Camera

Walter Tayler

Gaffer

Fred True

Grip

Ed Fitzharris

Wardrobe Master

Hazel Hegarty

Wardrobe Master

Doane Harrison

Supervising Editor

Ronnie Lubin

Dialogue Coach

Norris Stensland

Technical Advisor