Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."
Barbara Parkins
Anne Welles
Patty Duke
Neely O'Hara
Sharon Tate
Jennifer North
Paul Burke
Lyon Burke
Lee Grant
Miriam Polar
Susan Hayward
Helen Lawson
Martin Milner
Mel Anderson
Charles Drake
Kevin Gillmore
Alexander Davion
Ted Casablanca
Naomi Stevens
Miss Steinberg
Robert H. Harris
Henry Bellamy
Tony Scotti
Tony Polar
Jacqueline Susann
First Reporter
Robert Viharo
Director
Joey Bishop
MC at Telethon
George Jessel
MC Grammy Awards
Richard Angarola
Claude Chardot (uncredited)
Mikel Angel
Man in Sleazy Hotel Room (uncredited)
David Arkin
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Philippe Auber
Jennifer's Leading Man (uncredited)
Billy Beck
Man Sleeping in Movie Theatre (uncredited)
Pat Becker
Telethon Telephone Girl (uncredited)
Lovyss Bradley
Nurse (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Technician (uncredited)
Richard Brander
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Tex Brodus
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Marvin Brody
Movie Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Norman Burton
Neely O'Hara's Director (uncredited)
Owen Bush
Reporter at Suicide (uncredited)
Barry Cahill
San Francisco Bar Patron (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Noble 'Kid' Chissell
Pedestrian (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr.
Reporter (uncredited)
Gene Columbus
Dancer (uncredited)
Darlene Conley
Sanitarium Nurse (uncredited)
Mason Curry
New Haven Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Richard Dreyfuss
Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Diana Eden
Daniel Elam
Show Spectator (uncredited)
Ellaraino
Richard Elmore
Allen Emerson
Tom Falk
Neely O'Hara's Stage Manager (uncredited)
Roy Fitzell
Choreographer (uncredited)
Gertrude Flynn
Ladies' Room Attendant (uncredited)
Jennifer Gan
Show Girl Actress (uncredited)
Jeanne Gerson
Neely O'Hara's Maid (uncredited)
Robert Gibbons
Desk Clerk at Lawrenceville Hotel (uncredited)
Joseph Glick
George Golden
Laurence Haddon
Frank (Blue Angel Nightclub Owner) (uncredited)
Paul Hahn
Captain of Waiters at Chasens (uncredited)
Marvin Hamlisch
Pianist (uncredited)
Ernest Harada
Lyon's Houseboy (uncredited)
Jonathan Hawke
Sanitarium Doctor (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Richard Hoyt
Kathryn Janssen
Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Patient (uncredited)
Jason Johnson
Maurice Kelly
Dance Director in Montage (uncredited)
Johnny Kern
Charlotte Knight
Ted Kristian
Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Louise Lane
Ethelreda Leopold
Gerry Lock
Judith Lowry
Aunt Amy (uncredited)
Donna Mantoan
Sanitarium Girl (uncredited)
Mardie March
John Marlin
Waiter (uncredited)
Marian Mason
Bob McCord
Edward (Playhouse Bartender) (uncredited)
Leslie McRay
Ted's Girl (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery
Bar Patron (uncredited)
Rex Moore
Dorothy Neumann
Helen Lawson's Maid (uncredited)
William H. O'Brien
Bartender (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Barry O'Hara
Linda Peck
Thelma Pelish
Rehearsal Hall Receptionist (uncredited)
Gil Peterson
Neely's Leading Man (uncredited)
Don Pethley
Paul Power
Leona Powers
Woman at Martha Washington Hotel (uncredited)
Peggy Rea
Neely O'Hara's Vocal Coach (uncredited)
Jerry Rush
Margaret Shinn
June Smaney
Clerk (uncredited)
Eddie Smith
Ted Stanhope
Maitre D' at Chasens (uncredited)
Harry Stanton
Jennifer's Date at the Blue Angel Nightclub (uncredited)
Joe Stefano
San Francisco Bartender (uncredited)
Margot Stevenson
Anne's Mother (uncredited)
Gail Stone
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
Martin Strader
Robert Street
Raven Touchstone
Corinna Tsopei
John Ward
Neely O'Hara's Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Darryl Wells
Willie (Anne's Boyfriend) (uncredited)
Louis Whitehill
Patricia Winters
Redhead (uncredited)
William Wintersole
Tony's Doctor (uncredited)
Charles Woolf
Mark Robson
Director, Producer
David Weisbart
Producer
May 16, 2008
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Apr 2, 1999
Mar 9, 1973
Dec 9, 1994
Oct 1, 1993
May 29, 2015
Feb 23, 1996
Oct 12, 2018
Aug 30, 2019
Sep 30, 2004
Apr 21, 1995
Jan 22, 2025
Dec 14, 2018
Red Lion
US
20th Century Fox
United States
English