
| William Powell | ... | Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. |

| Myrna Loy | ... | Billie Burke |
 | Luise Rainer | ... | Anna Held |
 | Frank Morgan | ... | Billings |
 | Fanny Brice | ... | Herself (as Fannie Brice) |
 | Virginia Bruce | ... | Audrey Dane |
 | Reginald Owen | ... | Sampston |

| Ray Bolger | ... | Himself |
 | Ernest Cossart | ... | Sidney |
 | Joseph Cawthorn | ... | Dr. Ziegfeld (as Joseph Cawthorne) |
 | Nat Pendleton | ... | Sandow |
 | Harriet Hoctor | ... | Herself |
 | Jean Chatburn | ... | Mary Lou |
 | Paul Irving | ... | Erlanger |
 | Herman Bing | ... | Costumer |
 | Charles Judels | ... | Pierre |
 | Marcelle Corday | ... | Marie |
 | Raymond Walburn | ... | Sage |
 | A.A. Trimble | ... | Will Rogers |
 | Buddy Doyle | ... | Eddie Cantor |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
 | Bernice Alstock | ... | Soloist, 'Shine On, Harvest Moon' Montage (uncredited) |
 | Franklyn Ardell | ... | Allen (uncredited) |
 | Earl Askam | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | Gertrude Astor | ... | Sassy Blonde in Anna Held's Audience (uncredited) |
 | Monica Bannister | ... | Ziegfield Girl (uncredited) |
 | Bonnie Bannon | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Lynn Bari | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Jack Baxley | ... | Detective (uncredited) |
 | Robert Bradford | ... | Soloist, 'Look for the Silver Lining' Montage (uncredited) |
 | Sheila Browning | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Raymond Brown | ... | Inspector Doyle (uncredited) |
 | Charles Bruins | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | David Burns | ... | Clarence (uncredited) |
 | James P. Burtis | ... | Bill (uncredited) |
 | Edna Callaghan | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Buddy Clark | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | Thomas Clarke | ... | Soloist, 'Old Man River' Montage (uncredited) |
 | Wallis Clark | ... | Stock Broker (uncredited) |
 | Clay Clement | ... | Barber Shop Customer (uncredited) |
 | Charles Coleman | ... | Carriage Starter (uncredited) |
 | Helen Collins | ... | Miss Drake (uncredited) |
 | Diane Cook | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Earl Covert | ... | Soloist, 'Rio Rita' Montage (uncredited) |
 | Pauline Craig | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Adrienne D'Ambricourt | ... | Wife of French Ambassador (uncredited) |
 | Mickey Daniels | ... | Telegraph Boy (uncredited) |
 | Bill Days | ... | Soloist, 'Shine On, Harvest Moon' Montage (uncredited) |
 | William Demarest | ... | Gene Buck (uncredited) |
 | Dick Dennis | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | Evelyn Dockson | ... | Fat Woman (uncredited) |
 | Sarah Edwards | ... | Wardrobe Woman (uncredited) |
 | Zari Elmassian | ... | Soloist, 'Look for the Silver Lining' Montage (uncredited) |
 | Charles Fallon | ... | French Ambassador (uncredited) |
 | Susan Fleming | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Ruth Gillette | ... | Lillian Russell (uncredited) |
 | Ann Gillis | ... | Mary Lou as a Child (uncredited) |

| Peter Gowland | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | Robert Greig | ... | Joe (uncredited) |
 | Virginia Grey | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Billy Griffith | ... | Husband at World's Fair (uncredited) |
 | Mary Halsey | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Bert Hanlon | ... | Jim (uncredited) |
 | Jeanne Hart | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Grace Hayle | ... | Wife at World's Fair (uncredited) |
 | Joan Holland | ... | Patricia Ziegfeld (uncredited) |
 | Boothe Howard | ... | Willie Zimmerman (uncredited) |
 | Mary Howard | ... | Miss Carlisle (uncredited) |
 | John Hyams | ... | Dave Stamper (uncredited) |
 | Selmer Jackson | ... | Barber Shop Customer (uncredited) |
 | Alfred P. James | ... | Stage Door Man (uncredited) |
 | Allan Jones | ... | Voice of Stage Singer, 'Pretty Girl' Number (uncredited) |
 | Suzanne Kaaren | ... | Ruth Blair (uncredited) |
 | Alice Keating | ... | Alice, Secretary (uncredited) |
 | Mary Lange | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Toni Lanier | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | John Larkin | ... | Sam (uncredited) |
 | Rosina Lawrence | ... | Sally Manners (uncredited) |
 | Margaret Lyman | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Tandy MacKenzie | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |

| Edwin Maxwell | ... | Charles Frohman (uncredited) |
 | Dennis Morgan | ... | Stage Singer, 'Pretty Girl' Number (uncredited) |
 | Miss Morocco | ... | Little Egypt (uncredited) |
 | Esther Muir | ... | Burlesque Prima Donna (uncredited) |
 | Pat Nixon | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Pearlie Norton | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Wanda Perry | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Bob Priester | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | Byron Russell | ... | Audience Member (uncredited) |
 | Barlow Simpson | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | Georgia Spence | ... | Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) |
 | Paul Taylor | ... | Soloist, 'After the Ball is Over' Montage (uncredited) |
 | Phil Tead | ... | Press Agent (uncredited) |
 | Charles Trowbridge | ... | Julian Mitchell (uncredited) |
 | Richard Tucker | ... | Barber Shop Customer (uncredited) |
 | Ellinor Vanderveer | ... | Audience Member (uncredited) |
 | Allan Watson | ... | Trooper on Parade (uncredited) |
 | Larry Wheat | ... | Barber Shop Customer (uncredited) |
 | Eric Wilton | ... | Desk Clerk (uncredited) |