| Gene Kelly | ... | Himself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| June Allyson | ... | Herself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| Cyd Charisse | ... | Herself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| Lena Horne | ... | Herself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| Howard Keel | ... | Himself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| Ann Miller | ... | Herself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| Debbie Reynolds | ... | Herself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| Mickey Rooney | ... | Himself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
 | Esther Williams | ... | Herself - Co-host / Narrator (also archive footage) |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: |
| Jeanette MacDonald | ... | Herself (clips from "Naughty Marietta" / "Maytime") (archive footage) |
| Adrian | ... | Himself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| George K. Arthur | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Revue") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Fred Astaire | ... | Himself (clips from "Easter Parade" / "Band Wagon" etc.) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Lucille Ball | ... | Herself (clip from "Ziegfeld Follies") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jack Benny | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Revue") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ingrid Bergman | ... | Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ray Bolger | ... | Himself (clip from "Harvey Girls") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Joseph Breen | ... | Himself, newsreel clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Lucille Bremer | ... | Herself (clip from "Yolanda and the Thief") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jack Buchanan | ... | Himself (clip from "Band Wagon") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Billie Burke | ... | Herself (clip from "Wizard of Oz") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Leslie Caron | ... | Herself (clips from "American in Paris" / "Gigi") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Claudette Colbert | ... | Herself (clip from "Boom Town") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Joan Crawford | ... | Herself (clips from "Hollywood Revue" / "Torch Song") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Bing Crosby | ... | Himself (clip from "High Society") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Xavier Cugat | ... | Himself (clip from "Bathing Beauty") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Arlene Dahl | ... | Herself (clip from "Three Little Words") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Marion Davies | ... | Herself (clip from "Hollywood Revue") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Doris Day | ... | Herself (clip from "Love Me or Leave Me") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Gloria DeHaven | ... | Herself (clip from "Best Foot Forward") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Marlene Dietrich | ... | Herself (clip from "Kismet") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Marie Dressler | ... | Herself (clip from "Hollywood Revue") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Rosetta Duncan | ... | Herself (clip from "It's a Great Life") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Vivian Duncan | ... | Herself (clip from "It's a Great Life") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Durante | ... | Himself (clip from "This Time for Keeps") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Buddy Ebsen | ... | Himself (clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Nelson Eddy | ... | Himself (clip from "Naughty Marietta") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Cliff Edwards | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Revue") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Nanette Fabray | ... | Herself (clip from "Band Wagon") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| The Five Locust Sisters | ... | Themselves - film clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Clark Gable | ... | Himself (clip from "Dancing Lady") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Greta Garbo | ... | Herself (clips from "Camille / "Two Faced Woman") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ava Gardner | ... | Herself (clip from "Show Boat") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Judy Garland | ... | Herself (clips from "Babes in Arms" / "Summer Stock" / "Annie Get Your Gun") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Betty Garrett | ... | Herself (clip from "On the Town") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Greer Garson | ... | Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Paulette Goddard | ... | Herself (clip from "The Women") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Dolores Gray | ... | Herself (clip from "It's Always Fair Weather") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Kathryn Grayson | ... | Herself (clip from "Anchors Aweigh") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Oliver Hardy | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Party") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jean Harlow | ... | Herself (clip from "Dinner at Eight") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Katharine Hepburn | ... | Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Bob Hope | ... | Himself - newsreel clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Betty Hutton | ... | Herself (clip from "Annie Get Your Gun") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Harry James | ... | Himself (clip from "Best Foot Forward") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Betty Jaynes | ... | Herself (clip from "Babes in Arms") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Louis Jourdan | ... | Himself (clips from "The Swan" / "Gigi") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Buster Keaton | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Revue") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Grace Kelly | ... | Herself (clip from "The Swan") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Hedy Lamarr | ... | Herself (clip from "Ziegfeld Girl") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Angela Lansbury | ... | Herself (clip from "Harvey Girls") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Stan Laurel | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Party") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Vivien Leigh | ... | Herself (clip from "Waterloo Bridge") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Oscar Levant | ... | Himself (clip from "Band Wagon") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Carole Lombard | ... | Herself (clip from "Gay Bride") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Myrna Loy | ... | Herself (clip from "Barbarian") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Tony Martin | ... | Himself (clip from "Ziegfeld Girl") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Joan McCracken | ... | Herself (clip from "Good News") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ray McDonald | ... | Himself (clips from "Till the Clouds Roll By" / "Good News") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Douglas McPhail | ... | Himself (clip from "Babes in Arms") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Una Merkel | ... | Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Carmen Miranda | ... | Herself (clip from "Nancy Goes to Rio") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Marilyn Monroe | ... | Herself (clip from "Asphalt Jungle") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Polly Moran | ... | Herself (clip from "Hollywood Revue") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jules Munshin | ... | Himself (clip from "On the Town") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| George Murphy | ... | Himself (clip from "Broadway Melody of 1938") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Himself (clip from "Annie Get Your Gun") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Donald O'Connor | ... | Himself (clips from "Singin in the Rain" / "I Love Melvin") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Janis Paige | ... | Herself (clip from "Silk Stockings") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jack Pearl | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Party") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Eleanor Powell | ... | Herself (clips from "Broadway Melody of 1938" / "Lady Be Good") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jane Powell | ... | Herself, film clip (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Elvis Presley | ... | Himself (clip from "Jailhouse Rock") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Luise Rainer | ... | Herself (clip from "Great Ziegfeld") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ginger Rogers | ... | Herself (clip from "Barkleys of Broadway") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Aggie Ross | ... | Herself (clip from "Broadway Rhythm") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Elmira Ross | ... | Herself (clip from "Broadway Rhythm") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Maggie Ross | ... | Herself (clip from "Broadway Rhythm") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Rosalind Russell | ... | Herself (clip from "The Women") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Norma Shearer | ... | Herself (clip from "Marie Antoinette") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Frank Sinatra | ... | Himself (clip from "On the Town") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ann Sothern | ... | Herself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Clinton Sundberg | ... | Himself (clip from "Annie Get Your Gun") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Don Taylor | ... | Himself (clip from "BoomTown") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Herself (clip from "Father of the Bride") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Lana Turner | ... | Herself (clips from "Ziegfeld Girl" / "Three Musketeers") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Lupe Velez | ... | Herself (clip from "Hollywood Party") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Vera-Ellen | ... | Herself (clip from "On the Town") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Nancy Walker | ... | Herself (clip from "Best Foot Forward") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Frances Williams | ... | Herself (clip from "Hollywood Party") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Chill Wills | ... | Himself (clip from "Harvey Girls") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Robert Young | ... | Himself (clip from "Hollywood Party") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Roland Young | ... | Himself (clip from "Two Faced Woman") (archive footage) (uncredited) |
