William Holden
as Joe Gillis

Gloria Swanson
as Norma Desmond

Erich von Stroheim
as Max von Mayerling

Nancy Olson
as Betty Schaefer

Fred Clark
as Sheldrake

Lloyd Gough
as Morino

Jack Webb
as Artie Green

Franklyn Farnum
as Undertaker

Larry J. Blake
as 1st Finance Man

Charles Dayton
as 2nd Finance Man

Cecil B. DeMille
as Cecil B. DeMille

Hedda Hopper
as Hedda Hopper

Buster Keaton
as Buster Keaton

Anna Q. Nilsson
as Anna Q. Nilsson

H.B. Warner
as H.B. Warner

Ray Evans
as Ray Evans

Jay Livingston
as Jay Livingston

Fred Aldrich
as Cop Who Drags Joe's Body from Pool (uncredited)

Joel Allen
as Prop Man #2 (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor
as Courtier (uncredited)

Anne Bauchens
as Editor (uncredited)

Edward Biby
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Danny Borzage
as Accordionist (uncredited)

Ken Christy
as Homicide Captain (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford
as Sheldrake's Secretary (uncredited)

John Cortay
as Young Gate Guard Mac at Paramount Studios (uncredited)

Archie R. Dalzell
as Camera Operator (uncredited)

Eddie Dew
as Assistant Coroner (uncredited)

Julia Faye
as Hisham (uncredited)

Al Ferguson
as Phone Standby (uncredited)

Gerry Ganzer
as Betty's Roommate Connie (uncredited)

Rudy Germane
as Detective (uncredited)

Kenneth Gibson
as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Creighton Hale
as Creighton Hale (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton
as Grip on DeMille Set (uncredited)

Len Hendry
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)

E. Mason Hopper
as Doctor (uncredited)

Stan Johnson
as First Assistant Director (uncredited)

Tiny Jones
as Little Woman Outside Paramount Gate (uncredited)

Howard Joslin
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Arthur Lane
as Camera Operator (uncredited)

Perc Launders
as Violinist at Norma's New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)

William Meader
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Gertrude Messinger
as Hairdresser (uncredited)

Harold Miller
as Man on Golf Course (uncredited)

Howard Negley
as Police Captain (uncredited)

John "Skins" Miller
as Hog-Eye Electrician (uncredited)

Lee Miller
as Dancing Party Guest / Paramount Studio Employee (uncredited)

Ralph Montgomery
as Prop Man #1 (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse
as Gordon Cole (uncredited)

Jay Morley
as Fat Man (uncredited)

Eva Novak
as Courtier (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor
as Courtier (uncredited)

Robert Emmett O'Connor
as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)

Jack Perrin
as Detective (uncredited)

Sidney Skolsky
as Sidney Skolsky (uncredited)

Emmett Smith
as Black Man (uncredited)

Archie Twitchell
as Salesman at Men's Shop (uncredited)

Yvette Vickers
as Giggling Girl on Phone at Party (uncredited)

Edward Wahrman
as Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Henry Wilcoxon
as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)

Peter Drynan
as Tailor (uncredited)

Sanford E. Greenwald
as Newsreel Cameraman (uncredited)

James Hawley
as Camera Assistant (uncredited)

Alan Marston
as Reporter (uncredited)

Bernice Mosk
as Bernice (uncredited)

Virginia L. Randolph
as Courtier (uncredited)

Bill Sheehan
as Second Assistant Director (uncredited)

Roy Thompson
as Rudy, Shoeshine Boy (uncredited)

Jack Warden
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Finn Zirzow
as Actor on DeMille's 'Samson & Delilah' Set (uncredited)