Multiplayer Leagues Leaderboard Updates

Loading movie…

Turn movie knowledge into a game

Explore Lillian Russell's cast and crew, then connect two films in FilmLink's free daily movie game.

Play today's movie game Learn to play

Backdrop

Lillian Russell

Lillian Russell1940

★6.6127 minDramaMusic

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

Director

Irving Cummings

Writer

William Anthony McGuire

Stars

Alice Faye Don Ameche Henry Fonda

Cast60

Alice Faye
as Lillian Russell
Don Ameche
as Edward Solomon
Henry Fonda
as Alexander Moore
Edward Arnold
as Diamond Jim Brady
Warren William
as Jesse Lewisohn
Leo Carrillo
as Tony Pastor
Helen Westley
as Grandma Leonard
Nigel Bruce
as William Gilbert
Lynn Bari
as Edna McCauley
C
Claud Allister
as Arthur Sullivan
Una O'Connor
as Marie
William B. Davidson
as President Cleveland
Dorothy Peterson
as Cynthia Leonard
Ernest Truex
as Charles K. Leonard
Joe Weber
as Himself
Lew Fields
as Himself
Eddie Foy Jr.
as Eddie Foy Sr.
Joseph Cawthorn
as Leopold Damrosch
D
Diane Fisher
as Dorothy
Elyse Knox
as Lillian Russell's Sister
Joan Valerie
as Lillian Russell's Sister
A
Alice Armand
as Lillian Russell's Sister
Hal K. Dawson
as Chauffeur
Charles Halton
as Dr' Dobbins
Robert Emmett Keane
as Jeweler
Harry Hayden
as Mr. Sloane
Frank Darien
as Coachman
Frank Sully
as Hank
Ottola Nesmith
as Miss Smyth
Ferike Boros
as Mrs. Rose
Frank M. Thomas
as Official
Robert Homans
as Stage Doorman
William Haade
as Soldier
Irving Bacon
as Soldier
Paul E. Burns
as Soldier
Cecil Cunningham
as Mrs. Hobbs
Bonnie Bannon
as Woman
E
Esther Brodelet
as Woman
A
A.S. Byron
as Policeman
Richard Carle
as Bradley
Ruth Clifford
as Extra
Pauline Garon
as Extra
Leyland Hodgson
as Hotel Clerk
T
Thaddeus Jones
as Mose
D
Dennis Kaye
as Newly Born Baby
Tom London
as Frank
Paul McVey
as Stage Manager
Dave Morris
as Drunk
James C. Morton
as Bartender
S
Steve O'Brien
as Boy
A
Alexander Pollard
as Waiter
Floyd Shackelford
as Valet
Robert Shaw
as Undetermined Role
S
Stella Shirpsor
as Baby
Milburn Stone
as Jack - Reporter
Charles Tannen
as Reporter
Lillian West
as Nurse
P
Philip Winter
as Mr. Martin - Tenor
Lillian Yarbo
as Maid
R
Robert Ryan
as Owen

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Lillian Russell (1940) — Cast & Connections | FilmLink

More like this

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert

Honeydripper

Too Late Blues

Köln 75

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Yankee Doodle Dandy

Taking Sides

Beyond the Sea

High School Musical: The Concert

High School Musical: The Concert

The Current War

The Current War

The Last Rifleman

The Last Rifleman

Make Mine Music

Make Mine Music

Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour

Taylor Swift: Reputation Stadium Tour

Radium Girls

Judy

The Wiz Live!

Fast Girls

Copying Beethoven

Copying Beethoven

Like Sunday, Like Rain

Like Sunday, Like Rain

The Girl

Eight Men Out