* Cary Grant as C.K. Dexter Haven
* Katharine Hepburn as Tracy Lord
* James Stewart as Macaulay "Mac" Connor
* Ruth Hussey as Liz Imbrie
* John Howard as George Kittredge
* Doris Dudley as Dinah Lord
* Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord (younger)
* Roland Young as Uncle Willie
* Mary Nash as Margaret Lord
* Felix Bressart as a waiter
* Joseph Schildkraut as a waiter
* Howard Da Silva as a waiter
* Henry Travers as a waiter
* Frank Orth as a waiter
* Donald Meek as a waiter
There was also a 1956 Broadway revival starring Katharine Hepburn, Rex Harrison, and Joseph Cotten. And of course, there was the 1990 remake starring Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Robert Redford.