

Zelig
"You wanted more when it was all over!"
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
Cast (69)

Woody Allen
Leonard Zelig

Mia Farrow
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Patrick Horgan
The Narrator (voice)

John Buckwalter
Dr. Sindell

Marvin Chatinover
Glandular Diagnosis Doctor

Stanley Swerdlow
Mexican Food Doctor

Paul Nevens
Dr. Birsky

Howard Erskine
Hypodermic Doctor

Richard Whiting
Other Doctor

Ralph Bell
Other Doctor

Will Hussung
Other Doctor

Gale Hansen
Freshman #1

Michael Jeter
Freshman #2

Peter McRobbie
Workers Rally Speaker

Richard Litt
Charles Koslow

Mary Louise Wilson
Sister Ruth

Alice Beardsley
Telephone Operator

Paula Trueman
Woman on Telephone

Garrett M. Brown
Actor Zelig

Marianne Tatum
Actress Fletcher

Charles Denny
Actor Doctor

Michael Kell
Actor Koslow

John Rothman
Paul Deghuee

Deborah Rush
Lita Fox

Stanley Simmonds
Lita's Lawyer

Robert Berger
Zelig's Lawyer

Jeanine Jackson
Helen Gray

John Doumanian
Greek Waiter

Willy Holt
Rally Chancellor

Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews

Saul Bellow
Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews

Irving Howe
Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews

Marshall Cole Sr.
Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews

Ellen Garrison
Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Jack Cannon
Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews

Theodore R. Smits
Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews

Sherman Loud
Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews

Elizabeth Rothschild
Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Kuno Sponholz
Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews

Ed Herlihy
Pathe News Announcer (voice)

Dwight Weist
Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)

George Hamlin
Experimental Drugs Doctor

Robert Iglesia
Man in Barber Chair

Eli Resnick
Man in Park

Edward McPhillips
Scotsman

Sol Lomita
Martin Geist

Ed Lane
Man on Telephone

Sharon Ferrol-Young
Miss Baker

Dimitri Vassilopoulos
Martinez

Stephanie Farrow
Sister Meryl

Francis Beggins
City Hall Speaker

Jean Trowbridge
Dr. Fletcher's Mother

Ken Chapin
On-Camera Interviewer

Gerald Klein
Hearst Guest

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa
Hearst Guest

Erma Campbell
Zelig's Wife

Anton Marco
Wrist Victim

Louise Deitch
House-Painting Victim

Bernice Dowis
Vilification Woman

Bernie Herold
Carter Dean

Elizabeth Kaitan
German Girl (uncredited)

Arthur Anderson
Other Doctor (uncredited)

Bubba Dean Rambo
Charleston Dancer (uncredited)

Kim Johnston Ulrich
Beauty Contestant (uncredited)

Michael Blevins
Lizard Dancer (uncredited)

Jon Hayden
Reporter (uncredited)

Mae Questel
Helen Kane (voice) (uncredited)

Ruth Leon Weiman
Mother of a Graduate (uncredited)

Tug Wilson
Police Officer (uncredited)
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