Rita Hayworth

Rusty Parker / Maribelle Hicks (flashback sequence)

Gene Kelly

Danny McGuire

Lee Bowman

Noel Wheaton

Phil Silvers

Genius

Jinx Falkenburg

Herself

Leslie Brooks

Maurine, Rusty's blonde friend / rival

Eve Arden

Cornelia 'Stonewall' Jackson

Otto Kruger

John Coudair

Jess Barker

Coudair as a young man

Anita Colby

Miss Colby

Curt Bois

Chef at Danny McGuire's

Dusty Anderson

Cover Girl: Farm Journal

Betty Jane Graham

Cover Girl: McCalls

Edward Brophy

Joe - Bartender (uncredited)

Stanley Clements

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Eddie Hall

Soldier (uncredited)

Thurston Hall

Tony Pastor (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Reporter Asking About Flowers (uncredited)

Constance Worth

Receptionist (uncredited)

Miriam Nelson

Specialty Dancer