Marjorie Morningstar

Would this glamorous girl choose love...or a star-spangled Career?

While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew, but has fallen away from his roots, and Marjorie's parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love.

Gene Kelly

Natalie Wood

(Marjorie Morgenstern)

Claire Trevor

(Rose Morgenstern)

Everett Sloane

(Arnold Morgenstern)

Martin Milner

(Wally Wronkin)

Carolyn Jones

(Marsha Zelenko)

George Tobias

(Maxwell Greech)

Martin Balsam

(Dr. David Harris)

Jesse White

(Lou Michaelson)

Edd Byrnes

Paul Picerni

(Philip Berman)

Alan Reed

(Puddles Podell)

Ruta Lee

(Imogene Norman)

Ed Wynn

Beverly Aadland

(Dancer (uncredited))

Russell Ash

(Harry Morgenstern (uncredited))

Howard Bert

(Seth Morgenstern (uncredited))

Leslie Bradley

(Blair (uncredited))

Peter Brown

(Alec (uncredited))

Boyd Cabeen

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Walter Clinton

(Mr. Zelenko (uncredited))

Robert Cole

(Actor in Play (uncredited))

Patricia Denise

(Karen (uncredited))

Lester Dorr

(Elevator Operator (uncredited))

Dan Dowling

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

Shelley Fabares

(Seth's Friend (uncredited))

Eddie Foster

(Carlos (uncredited))

Gail Ganley

(Wally's Friend (uncredited))

Stuart Hall

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

Elizabeth Harrower

(Miss Kimble (uncredited))

Mike Lally

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

Carl M. Leviness

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Robert Locke Lorraine

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

Faye Michael Nuell

(Helen Harris (uncredited))

John Pedrini

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Murray Pollack

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

José Portugal

(Wedding Guest (uncredited))

Paul Power

(Restaurant Patron (uncredited))

Fred Rapport

(Nate (uncredited))

Guy Raymond

(Mr. Klabber (uncredited))

Paul Russell

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

Bernard Sell

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

Maida Severn

(Tonia Zelenko (uncredited))

Harry Seymour

(Frank (uncredited))

Reginald Sheffield

(Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited))

Charles Sherlock

(First-Nighter (uncredited))

Carl Sklover

(Leon Lamm (uncredited))

Robert Strong

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Jean Vachon

(Mary Lamm (uncredited))

Pierre Watkin

(Civil Official (uncredited))

James Westmoreland

(Actor in Play (uncredited))