Cynthia

Elizabeth Taylor

— Cynthia Bishop

George Murphy

— Larry Bishop

S.Z. Sakall

— Prof. Rosenkrantz

Mary Astor

— Louise Bishop

Gene Lockhart

— Dr. Fred I. Jannings

Spring Byington

— Carrie Bishop Jannings

Jimmy Lydon

— Ricky Latham

Scotty Beckett

— Will Parker

Carol Brannon

— Fredonia Jannings

Anna Q. Nilsson

— Miss Brady, English Teacher

Morris Ankrum

— Mr. Phillips, Principal

Kathleen Howard

— Mac McQuillan, Jannings' Nurse

Shirley Johns

— Stella Regan

Barbara Challis

— Alice

Harlan Briggs

— J.M. Dingle, Napoleon Hardware

Will Wright

— Gus Wood, Thatcher's Real Estate Rep

Minerva Urecal

— Agnes, Jannings' Cook (Uncredited)

Charles Bradstreet

— Stubby Stubblefield (Uncredited)

Eula Guy

— Bookkeeper (Uncredited)

Tom Leffingwell

— Justice of the Peace (Uncredited)

Mickey Martin

— Cheerleader (Uncredited)

Walter Soderling

— Napoleon High Janitor (Uncredited)

Colleen O'Neill

— Fat Girl (Uncredited)

Erville Alderson

— Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

William Tannen

— Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

Joan Elms

— Student (Uncredited)

Leslie Haar

— Student (Uncredited)

Dolores Dey

— Student (Uncredited)

Stanley Haar

— Student (Uncredited)

Mary Jane Smith

— Student (Uncredited)