The Actress (1953)
Clinton Jones, retraité de la marine, n’a trouvé qu’un petit boulot et craint des lendemains difficiles pour sa famille. C’est ce qui le rend réticent à la demande de sa fille, la jeune Ruth, qui voudrait devenir actrice, un métier qu’il considère comme à haut risque. C’est sans compter la détermination de Ruth, qui, pour réaliser ses ambitions, ira jusqu’à rejeter la demande en mariage de Fred, son amoureux.
Directeur: George Cukor
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Spencer Tracy as Clinton Jones |
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Jean Simmons as Ruth Gordon Jones |
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Teresa Wright as Annie Jones |
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Anthony Perkins as Fred Whitmarsh |
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Ian Wolfe as Mr. Bagley |
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Kay Williams as Hazel Dawn |
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Mary Wickes as Emma Glavey |
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Norma Jean Nilsson as Anna |
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Dawn Bender as Katherine |
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Erville Alderson as Mike McGrath (uncredited) |
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Jackie Coogan as Inopportune (uncredited) |
| Directing | George Cukor | Director |
| Writing | Ruth Gordon | Writer |
| Editing | George Boemler | Editor |
| Production | Lawrence Weingarten | Producer |
| Camera | Harold Rosson | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Art | Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Art | Arthur Lonergan | Art Direction |
| Crew | Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| Art | Emile Kuri | Set Decoration |
| Art | Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Crew | Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
| Sound | Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |