Billy Wilder

Director

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

Finance Man #1

Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper

Hedda Hopper

H.B. Warner

H.B. Warner

Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson

Anna Q. Nilsson

Fred Aldrich

Cop Dragging Body from Pool (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Courtier (uncredited)

Anne Bauchens

Editor (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

Eddie Dew

Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

Julia Faye

Hisham (uncredited)

Al Ferguson

Phone Standby (uncredited)

Gerry Ganzer

Connie (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

E. Mason Hopper

Doctor (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

Party Guest / Studio Employee (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Gordon Cole (uncredited)

Jay Morley

Fat Man (uncredited)

Eva Novak

Courtier (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

Courtier (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Jonesy (uncredited)

Jack Perrin

Detective (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Yvette Vickers

Giggling Girl on Phone (uncredited)

Henry Wilcoxon

Actor on Samson & Delilah Set (uncredited)

Jack Warden

Party Guest (uncredited)

Charles Dayton

Finance Man #2

Ray Evans

Ray Evans

Jay Livingston

Jay Livingston

Joel Allen

Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Danny Borzage

Accordionist (uncredited)

Ken Christy

Homicide Captain (uncredited)

John Cortay

Mac (uncredited)

Archie R. Dalzell

Camera Operator (uncredited)

Rudy Germane

Detective (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson

Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Len Hendry

Police Sergeant (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 New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)

William Meader

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery

Prop Man #1 (uncredited)

Sidney Skolsky

Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)

Emmett Smith

Black Man (uncredited)

James Hawley

Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Bernice Mosk

Bernice (uncredited)

Virginia L. Randolph

Courtier (uncredited)

Bill Sheehan

Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Roy Thompson

Rudy (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow

Actor on Samson & Delilah Set (uncredited)