Ziegfeld Follies
Greatest Production Since the Birth of Motion Pictures!
6.0(59) 1945-08-26 110 minMusicComedy
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
ProducerArthur Freed
DirectorVincente Minnelli
DirectorLemuel Ayers
DirectorGeorge Sidney
DirectorRoy Del Ruth
Original Music ComposerHarry Warren
WriterDavid Freedman
WriterRalph Blane
Cast & characters
William Powell
as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Fred Astaire
as Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
Lucille Ball
as Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
Lucille Bremer
as Princess ("This Heart of Mine") / Moy Ling ("Limehouse Blues")
Fanny Brice
as Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Judy Garland
as Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")
Kathryn Grayson
as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
Lena Horne
as Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Gene Kelly
as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
James Melton
as Alfredo (segment "La Traviata")
Victor Moore
as Lawyer's Client (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
Red Skelton
as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
Esther Williams
as Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")
Edward Arnold
as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
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Marion Bell
as Violetta (segment "La Traviata")
Cyd Charisse
as Ballerina (segment "Beauty")
Hume Cronyn
as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
William Frawley
as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Robert Lewis
as Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")
Virginia O'Brien
as Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
Keenan Wynn
as Caller (segment "Number Please")
Noreen Nash
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Eve Whitney
as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
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Melba Snowden
as Dancer (uncredited)
