
Plot
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Cast

Bette Davis
Margo Channing

Anne Baxter
Eve Harrington

George Sanders
Addison DeWitt

Celeste Holm
Karen Richards

Gary Merrill
Bill Sampson

Hugh Marlowe
Lloyd Richards

Thelma Ritter
Birdie Coonan

Gregory Ratoff
Max Fabian

Marilyn Monroe
Miss Caswell

Barbara Bates
Phoebe

Walter Hampden
Aged Actor

Randy Stuart
Girl

Craig Hill
Leading Man

Leland Harris
Doorman

Barbara White
Autograph Seeker

Eddie Fisher
Stage Manager

William Pullen
Clerk

Claude Stroud
Pianist

Eugene Borden
Frenchman

Helen Mowery
Reporter

Steven Geray
Captain of Waiters

Gertrude Astor
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Frank Baker
Waiter (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Jack Chefe
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Sayre Dearing
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Jack Deery
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Colin Kenny
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Carl M. Leviness
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

William Marion
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Thomas Martin
Waiter (uncredited)

Mathew McCue
Waiter (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)

Stanley Orr
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Foster H. Phinney
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Marion Pierce
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Paul Power
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Suzanne Ridgway
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Ann Robinson
Girl in a Lobby of the 21 Club (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo
Waiter (uncredited)

Larry Steers
Sarah Siddons Awards Guest (uncredited)

Robert Whitney
Actor in "Hearts of Oak" (uncredited)