The Philadelphia Story (film) - Cast

Cast

  • Cary Grant as C. K. Dexter Haven
  • Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord
  • James Stewart as Macaulay Connor
  • Ruth Hussey as Elizabeth Imbrie
  • John Howard as George Kittredge
  • Roland Young as William Q. Tracy (Uncle Willie)
  • John Halliday as Seth Lord
  • Mary Nash as Margaret Lord
  • Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord
  • Henry Daniell as Sidney Kidd
  • Lionel Pape as Edward, a footman
  • Rex Evans as Thomas, the butler
  • David Clyde as Mac, the night watchman


Cast notes
  • The character of "Tracy Lord" was inspired by Helen Hope Montgomery Scott (1904–1995), a Philadelphia socialite known for her hijinks, who married a friend of playwright Philip Barry.

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