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COMEDY

DRAMA

The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.

name	character
Erville Alderson	Mike McGrath (uncredited)
Dawn Bender	Katherine
Norma Jean Nilsson	Anna
Anthony Perkins	Fred Whitmarsh
Jean Simmons	Ruth Gordon Jones
Spencer Tracy	Clinton Jones
Mary Wickes	Emma Glavey
Kay Williams	Hazel Dawn
Ian Wolfe	Mr. Bagley
Teresa Wright	Annie Jones

name
George Cukor	director
Ruth Gordon	writer (original)
Lawrence Weingarten	producer

year	award	category	name
1953	Golden Globe Award	Best Actor	Spencer Tracy