William Holden
Role: Joe Gillis
Gloria Swanson
Role: Norma Desmond
Erich von Stroheim
Role: Max von Mayerling
Nancy Olson
Role: Betty Schaefer
Fred Clark
Role: Sheldrake
Jack Webb
Role: Artie Green
Franklyn Farnum
Role: Undertaker
Larry J. Blake
Role: 1st Finance Man
Charles Dayton
Role: 2nd Finance Man
Cecil B. DeMille
Role: Cecil B. DeMille
Hedda Hopper
Role: Hedda Hopper
Buster Keaton
Role: Buster Keaton
Anna Q. Nilsson
Role: Anna Q. Nilsson
H.B. Warner
Role: H.B. Warner
Jay Livingston
Role: Jay Livingston
Fred Aldrich
Role: Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)
Joel Allen
Role: Prop Man #2 (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Role: Courtier (uncredited)
Anne Bauchens
Role: Editor (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Role: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Danny Borzage
Role: Accordionist (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Role: Homicide Captain (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Role: Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)
John Cortay
Role: Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)
Archie R. Dalzell
Role: Camera Operator (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
Role: Assistant Coroner (uncredited)
Julia Faye
Role: Hisham (uncredited)
Al Ferguson
Role: Phone Standby (uncredited)
Gerry Ganzer
Role: Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)
Rudy Germane
Role: Detective (uncredited)
Kenneth Gibson
Role: Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
Role: Creighton Hale (uncredited)
Chuck Hamilton
Role: Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)
Len Hendry
Role: Police Sergeant (uncredited)
E. Mason Hopper
Role: Doctor (uncredited)
Stan Johnson
Role: First Assistant Director (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Role: Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)
Howard Joslin
Role: Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Arthur Lane
Role: Camera Operator (uncredited)
Perc Launders
Role: Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
William Meader
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Gertrude Messinger
Role: Hairdresser (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Role: Man on Golf Course (uncredited)
Howard Negley
Role: Police Captain (uncredited)
John 'Skins' Miller
Role: Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Role: Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Role: Prop Man #1 (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Role: Gordon Cole (uncredited)
Jay Morley
Role: Fat Man (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Role: Courtier (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Role: Courtier (uncredited)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Role: Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Role: Detective (uncredited)
Sidney Skolsky
Role: Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)
Emmett Smith
Role: Black Man (uncredited)
Archie Twitchell
Role: Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)
Yvette Vickers
Role: Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)
Henry Wilcoxon
Role: Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)
James Hawley
Role: Camera Assistant (uncredited)
Bernice Mosk
Role: Bernice (uncredited)
Virginia L. Randolph
Role: Courtier (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan
Role: Second Assistant Director (uncredited)
Roy Thompson
Role: Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)
Jack Warden
Role: Party Guest (uncredited)
Finn Zirzow
Role: Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)