
Limelight
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Limelight
October 16, 1952
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Cast (70)

Charlie Chaplin
Calvero

Claire Bloom
Thereza 'Terry' Ambrose

Nigel Bruce
Postant

Buster Keaton
Calvero's Partner

Sydney Chaplin
Neville

Norman Lloyd
Bodalink

Andre Eglevsky
Dancer - Harlequin

Melissa Hayden
Dancer - Columbine

Marjorie Bennett
Mrs. Sybil Alsop

Wheeler Dryden
Thereza's Doctor

Barry Bernard
John Redfern

Stapleton Kent
Claudius

Molly Glessing
Maid

Leonard Mudie
Dr. Blake - Calvero's Doctor

Loyal Underwood
Street Musician

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Street Musician

Julian Ludwig
Street Musician

Billy Lee Aimone
Little Boy (uncredited)

John Alban
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Benjie Bancroft
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

John Barton
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Ray Beltram
Actor Backstage (uncredited)

Paul Bradley
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

James Carlisle
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Charles Chaplin, Jr.
Clown (uncredited)

Geraldine Chaplin
Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)

Josephine Chaplin
Child on Steps (uncredited)

Michael Chaplin
Child on Steps (uncredited)

Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Extra (uncredited)

Bud Cokes
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Harry Crocker
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Oliver Cross
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Billy Curtis
Midget in Agent's Office (uncredited)

Jack Deery
Emissary - Dress Circle (uncredited)

Cyril Delevanti
Griffin - Clown Outside Stage Door (uncredited)

Tim Durant
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Tom Ferrandini
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Dorothy Ford
Patrician Lady in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Curt Furberg
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Rudy Germane
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Marion Gray
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Frank Hagney
Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Charlie Hall
Newsboy (uncredited)

Stuart Hall
Reception Guest (uncredited)

Sam Harris
Socialite (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes
Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Kenner G. Kemp
Pub Extra (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Music Hall Performer (uncredited)

Judy Landon
Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Perk Lazelle
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Billy Lee
Little Boy (uncredited)

Maurice Marks
Stagehand (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Dinner Guest (uncredited)

Frank Mills
Man in Music Hall Audience (uncredited)

Sherry Moreland
Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

George Nardelli
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Milicent Patrick
Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Jack Perry
Stagehand (uncredited)

José Portugal
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Edna Purviance
Mrs. Parker (uncredited)

Paul Ravel
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Charley Rogers
Man in Saloon (uncredited)

Victor Romito
Empire Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Elizabeth Root
Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Cap Somers
Music Hall Patron (uncredited)

Gus Taillon
Derelict (uncredited)

Valerie Vernon
Extra in Dress Circle (uncredited)

Eric Wilton
Major Domo at Dinner (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Reception Guest (uncredited)
Crew (45)
Directing
Writing

Charlie Chaplin
Original Story

Charlie Chaplin
Screenplay
Production

Wheeler Dryden
Production Assistant

Jerome Epstein
Production Assistant

Charlie Chaplin
Producer

Kathleen Pryor
Production Secretary

Lonnie D'Orsa
Production Manager

Alfred Lewin
Production Accountant
Sound

Russell Garcia
Music Arranger

Russell Garcia
Orchestrator

Charlie Chaplin
Original Music Composer

Hugh McDowell Jr.
Sound

Larry Russell
Music Arranger

Ray Rasch
Music Arranger

Harold E. McGhan
Sound Editor

Keith Williams
Conductor
Art

Eugène Lourié
Art Direction

Dorothea Holt
Production Illustrator
Camera

Karl Struss
Director of Photography

Wallace Chewning
Camera Operator

Monroe P. Askins
Second Assistant Camera

George Hommel
Still Photographer

Dick Johnson
First Assistant Camera

Roland Totheroh
Camera Supervisor

W. Eugene Smith
Still Photographer
Costume & Make-Up

Drew Tetrick
Wardrobe Supervisor

Ted Tetrick
Tailor

Florence Avery
Hairstylist

Ted Larsen
Makeup Artist

Elmer Ellsworth
Wardrobe Supervisor

Riley Thorne
Wardrobe Designer
Crew

Andre Eglevsky
Choreographer

Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Stand In

Charlie Chaplin
Choreographer

Melissa Hayden
Choreographer

Lisl Valetti
Stand In

Maurice Marks
Stand In

Hal Court
Stand In

Harry Crocker
Unit Publicist
Editing

Joe Inge
Editor

Edward Phillips
Assistant Editor
Lighting

Frank Testera
Gaffer