"Tops the Best-Seller! Tops the Play! The One and Only!"

1958

2h 23m

7.0(119 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

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Cast & Crew

97 members

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Rosalind Russell

Mame Dennis

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Forrest Tucker

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside

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Coral Browne

Vera Charles

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Fred Clark

Dwight Babcock

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Roger Smith

Patrick Dennis - Older

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Patric Knowles

Lindsay Woolsey

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Peggy Cass

Agnes Gooch

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Jan Handzlik

Patrick Dennis - Younger

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Joanna Barnes

Gloria Upson

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Pippa Scott

Pegeen Ryan

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Lee Patrick

Doris Upson

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Willard Waterman

Claude Upson

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Robin Hughes

Brian O'Bannion

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Connie Gilchrist

Norah Muldoon

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Yuki Shimoda

Ito

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Brook Byron

Sally Cato MacDougall

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Carol Veazie

Mrs. Burnside

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Henry Brandon

Acacius Page

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Frank Baker

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Lela Bliss

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Margaret Dumont

Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)

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Gregory Gaye

Vladimir Klinkoff (uncredited)

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Colin Kenny

Perry (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Actor on Stage (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

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Leoda Richards

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Dub Taylor

County Veterinarian (uncredited)

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John Alban

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Edna Smith

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Raoul Freeman

Actor on Stage (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Mr. Jackson (uncredited)

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John Albright

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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Cris Alexander

Mr. Loomis (uncredited)

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Walter Bacon

Guest at House (uncredited)

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Olive Blakeney

Dowager (uncredited)

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Nina Borget

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Peter Bourne

Party Guest (uncredited)

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John Caler

College Boy (uncredited)

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Evelyn Ceder

Woman in White (uncredited)

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Crew

Roydon Clark

Stable Boy (uncredited)

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Booth Colman

Alan - Party Guest (uncredited)

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Max Cutler

Gangster (uncredited)

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Production

Morton DaCosta

Edwin Dennis (voice) (uncredited)

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Jack Daly

Workman (uncredited)

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Mark Dana

Reginald (uncredited)

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Paul Davis

Stage Manager (uncredited)

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Minta Durfee

Actress on Stage (uncredited)

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Saundra Edwards

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Adolph Faylauer

Sleeping Man in Audience (uncredited)

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Charles Fogel

Macy's Customer (uncredited)

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Kay Garrett

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Robert Gates

Actor as 'Lord Dudley' (uncredited)

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James Gonzalez

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Rand Harper

Pianist (uncredited)

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Michael Harris

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Chester Hayes

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Charles Heard

Dr. Feuchtwanger (uncredited)

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Butch Hengen

Emory MacDougall (uncredited)

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Gloria Holden

Guest at Garden Party (uncredited)

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Dick Hudkins

Stable Boy (uncredited)

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Terry Kelman

Michael Dennis (uncredited)

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Fred Kelsey

Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

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Mike Lally

Stagehand (uncredited)

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Louise Lane

Jazzy Dame (uncredited)

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Perk Lazelle

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Cajan Lee

Woman Hunter (uncredited)

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Carl M. Leviness

Actor on Stage (uncredited)

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Robert Locke Lorraine

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Thomas Martin

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Tom McDonough

Expressman (uncredited)

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Owen McGiveney

Man Wearing Monocle (uncredited)

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Frank McLure

Groom (uncredited)

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Jack Mower

Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

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Sol Murgi

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Forbes Murray

Party Guest (uncredited)

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George Nardelli

Audience Member (uncredited)

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Ron Nyman

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Doye O'Dell

Cousin Jeff (uncredited)

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Barbara Pepper

Mrs. Krantz (uncredited)

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Fred Perce

Macy's Customer (uncredited)

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Jack Perrin

Doorman (uncredited)

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Richard Reeves

Mr. Krantz (uncredited)

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Waclaw Rekwart

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Larry Rio

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Gladys Varden

Mrs. Klinkoff (uncredited)

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Victor Romito

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Sam Savitsky

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

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Hazel Shermet

Macy's Customer (uncredited)

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Dean Smith

Puts Mame on her Horse (uncredited)

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Edna Smith

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Smokey

Mame's Horse (uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Actor in Play (uncredited)

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Eleanore Vogel

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Glen Walters

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Ruth Warren

Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)

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