Joe Gillis
William Holden
Norma Desmond
Gloria Swanson
Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
Buster Keaton
Anna Q. Nilsson
H.B. Warner
Ray Evans
Jay Livingston
Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Fred Aldrich
Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Courtier (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Max von Mayerling
Erich von Stroheim
Editor (uncredited)
Anne Bauchens
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Accordionist (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Homicide Captain (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
John Cortay
Camera Operator (uncredited)
Archie R. Dalzell
Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Hisham (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Phone Standby (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Betty Schaefer
Nancy Olson
Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer
Detective (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Doctor (uncredited)
E. Mason Hopper
First Assistant Director (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Sheldrake
Fred Clark
Arthur Lane
Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Party Guest (uncredited)
William Meader
Hairdresser (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Police Captain (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
John "Skins" Miller
Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Prop Man #1 (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Gordon Cole (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Morino
Lloyd Gough
Fat Man (uncredited)
Jay Morley
Eva Novak
Frank O'Connor
Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Jack Perrin
Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
Sidney Skolsky
Black Man (uncredited)
Emmett Smith
Archie Twitchell
Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers
Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Edward Wahrman
Artie Green
Jack Webb
Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
Tailor (uncredited)
Peter Drynan
Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)
Sanford E. Greenwald
James Hawley
Reporter (uncredited)
Alan Marston
Bernice (uncredited)
Bernice Mosk
Virginia L. Randolph
Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan
Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Roy Thompson
Jack Warden
Undertaker
Franklyn Farnum
Finn Zirzow
1st Finance Man
Larry J. Blake
2nd Finance Man
Charles Dayton
Makeup Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Director
Billy Wilder
Screenplay
Second Assistant Director
Gerd Oswald
Original Music Composer
Franz Waxman
Costume Design
Edith Head
Director of Photography
John F. Seitz
Charles Brackett
Producer
Set Decoration
Sam Comer
Orchestrator
Sidney Cutner
D.M. Marshman Jr.
Editor
Arthur P. Schmidt
Art Direction
Hans Dreier
John Meehan
Ray Moyer
Production Manager
Hugh Brown
Hairstylist
Nellie Manley
Makeup Artist
Karl Silvera
Assistant Director
Charles C. Coleman
Construction Coordinator
Gene Lauritzen
Visual Effects
Farciot Edouart
Camera Operator
Otto Pierce
Assistant Editor
Frank Bracht
George Parrish
Leonid Raab
Leo Shuken
Sound Recordist
Harry Lindgren
John Cope
Assistant Property Master
Jack Colconda
Frank Thayer
Vera Tomei
Head Carpenter
Steve Beers
Props
Tom Plews
Gordon Jennings
Still Photographer
Glen E. Richardson
Assistant Camera
Harlow Stengel
Gaffer
Walter Tayler
Grip
Fred True
Wardrobe Master
Ed Fitzharris
Hazel Hegarty
Supervising Editor
Doane Harrison
Dialogue Coach
Ronnie Lubin
Technical Advisor
Norris Stensland