Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame (1958)

04/12/1958
Comedy, Drama
2h 23m

Tops the Best-Seller! Tops the Play! The One and Only!

Overview

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

  • Morton DaCostaDirector
  • Adolph GreenScreenplay
  • Betty ComdenScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • based on play or musical
  • love
  • eccentric
  • free spirit
  • orphan
  • guardian
  • nephew
  • socialite
  • nonconformism
  • bohemian
  • 1920s

Top Billed Cast

Rosalind Russell

Rosalind Russell

Mame Dennis

Forrest Tucker

Forrest Tucker

Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside

Coral Browne

Coral Browne

Vera Charles

Fred Clark

Fred Clark

Dwight Babcock

Roger Smith

Roger Smith

Patrick Dennis - Older

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Lindsay Woolsey

Peggy Cass

Peggy Cass

Agnes Gooch

Jan Handzlik

Jan Handzlik

Patrick Dennis - Younger

Joanna Barnes

Joanna Barnes

Gloria Upson

Pippa Scott

Pippa Scott

Pegeen Ryan

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