A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
as Joe Gillis
as Norma Desmond
as Max von Mayerling
as Betty Schaefer
as Sheldrake
as Morino
as Artie Green
as Undertaker
as 1st Finance Man
as 2nd Finance Man
as Cecil B. DeMille
as Hedda Hopper
as Buster Keaton
as Anna Q. Nilsson
as H.B. Warner
as Ray Evans
as Jay Livingston
as Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
as Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
as Courtier (uncredited)
as Editor (uncredited)
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
as Accordionist (uncredited)
as Homicide Captain (uncredited)
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
as Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
as Camera Operator (uncredited)
as Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
as Hisham (uncredited)
as Phone Standby (uncredited)
as Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
as Creighton Hale (uncredited)
as Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
as Doctor (uncredited)
as First Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
as Camera Operator (uncredited)
as Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Hairdresser (uncredited)
as Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
as Police Captain (uncredited)
as Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
as Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
as Prop Man #1 (uncredited)
as Gordon Cole (uncredited)
as Fat Man (uncredited)
as Courtier (uncredited)
as Courtier (uncredited)
as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
as Black Man (uncredited)
as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
as Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
as Camera Assistant (uncredited)
as Bernice (uncredited)
as Courtier (uncredited)
as Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
as Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
