Home / Mother Wore Tights

Mother Wore Tights

Duration:

107 min

Genres:

Musical

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Walter Lang

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: Stage 3, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Nancy Hale

Betty Grable

Mother

Dan Dailey

Daddy

Mona Freeman

Iris

Connie Marshall

Mikie

Vanessa Brown

Bessie

Robert Arthur

Bob Clarkman

Sara Allgood

Grandmother McKinley

William Frawley

Mr. Schneider

Ruth Nelson

Miss Ridgeway

Anabel Shaw

Alice Flemmerhammer

Stephen Dunne

Roy Bivins (as Michael Dunne)

George Cleveland

Grandfather McKinley

Veda Ann Borg

Rosemary Olcott

Sig Ruman

Papa

Lee Patrick

Lil

Señor Wences

Himself

Anne Baxter

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Esther Brodelet

Dancer (uncredited)

Maxine Carole

Dancer (uncredited)

Chick Chandler

Ed (uncredited)

Harry Cheshire

Minister (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

Resort Guest (uncredited)

Grace Davies

Dancer (uncredited)

George Davis

Waiter (uncredited)

Shirley Doble

Iris' Friend (uncredited)

Maude Eburne

Mrs. Muggins (uncredited)

Antonio Filauri

Papa Capucci (uncredited)

William Forrest

Mr. Clarkman (uncredited)

Joan Gerians

Baby (uncredited)

Ann Gowland

Mikie - Age 3 (uncredited)

Billy Greene

First Policeman (uncredited)

Joseph J. Greene

Doorman (uncredited)

Karolyn Grimes

Iris - Age 6 (uncredited)

Alvin Hammer

Clarence (uncredited)

Ted Jordan

Sailor (uncredited)

Randolph Kaye

Iris' Friend (uncredited)

Marian Kerrigan

Dancer (uncredited)

Anne Kimbell

Iris' Friend (uncredited)

Stephen Kirchner

Myrtle's Dancing Partner (uncredited)

Donna La Barr

Dancer (uncredited)

Elaine Langan

Minor Role (uncredited)

Kathleen Lockhart

Mrs. Clarkman (uncredited)

Lee MacGregor

Boy (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

Resort Guest (uncredited)

Ernesto Molinari

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Tom Moore

Man (uncredited)

Eula Morgan

Opera Singer (uncredited)

Lenore Nelems

Dancer (uncredited)

Frank Orth

Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Eleanor Peterson

Dancer (uncredited)

A. Robins

Himself (uncredited)

Eileen Robinson

Dancer (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

Man (uncredited)

Buster Slaven

Sailor (uncredited)

Lotte Stein

Mama (uncredited)

Tom Stevenson

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Mary Stewart

Dancer (uncredited)

Sue Taylor

Dancer (uncredited)

David Thursby

Second Policeman (uncredited)

Valerie Traxler

Dancer (uncredited)

Kenny Williams

Dance Director (uncredited)

Will Wright

Withers (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie on February 2, 1948 with Betty Grable and Dan Daily reprising their film roles.