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Cast

Bette Davis
as Fanny Trellis

Claude Rains
as Job Skeffington

Walter Abel
as George Trellis

George Coulouris
as Dr. Byles

Richard Waring
as Trippy Trellis

Marjorie Riordan
as Young Fanny

Johnny Mitchell
as Johnny Mitchell

Robert Shayne
as MacMahon

John Alexander
as Jim Conderley

Jerome Cowan
as Edward Morrison

Charles Drake
as Johnny Mitchell

Dorothy Peterson
as Manby

Peter Whitney
as Chester Forbish

Bill Kennedy
as Thatcher

Tom Stevenson
as Rev. Hyslup

Halliwell Hobbes
as Soames, Fanny's 1st Butler

Walter Kingsford
as Dr. Melton

Gigi Perreau
as Young Fanny at Age 25

Bunny Sunshine
as Young Fanny at 5

Dolores Gray
as Singer

Molly Lamont
as Miss Morris, Secretary

Sylvia Arslan
as Young Fanny at Age 10

Harry C. Bradley
as The Rector

Creighton Hale
as Casey, Employee

Ann Doran
as Marie, Nursemaid

Georgia Caine
as Mrs. Newton

Lelah Tyler
as Mrs. Forbish

Mary Field
as Mrs. Hyslup

Regina Wallace
as Mrs. Conderly

Bess Flowers
as Mrs. Thatcher

Edward Fielding
as Justice of the Peace

Vera Lewis
as Justice's Wife

Erskine Sanford
as Dr. Fawcette

Cyril Ring
as Perry Lanks

Crane Whitley
as Louie, Speakeasy Owner

Matt McHugh
as Drunk

Will Stanton
as Drunk

Sol (Saul) Gorss
as Plainclothesman

Ann Codee
as French Modiste

Jack George
as Henri

Dagmar Oakland
as Woman

William Forrest
as Clinton, Fanny's 2nd Butler

John Vosper
as Artist

Janet Barrett
as Witness

Frances Sage
as Skeffington's First Secretary

Minerva Urecal
as Woman in Beauty Shop

Joe Devlin
as Boat Employee

Richard Erdman
as Western Union Boy

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Critic Reviews for Mr. Skeffington

Audience Reviews for Mr. Skeffington

• Jan 09, 2014

  Bette Davis certainly racked them up in her time and she absolutely deserved every one. It isn't the modern age when Meryl Streep deserved all of them but the Academy felt that it had to give an Oscar to someone else. This is another example of Bette at her best.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Sep 25, 2010

  Worth watching for Bette Davis and a subdued but touching performance by Claude Rains. I loved how vanity was tackled in this film, as Fanny (played by Davis) becomes increasingly desperate to cling to her youth,. It is shocking how Davis ages in this film. Thankfully the makeup department does a wonderful job- a bad job would've completely undermined the power of the film!
  Laura C Super Reviewer
• Nov 01, 2009

  Davis is absolutely outstanding in her Oscar-nominated performance - as well as Rains, who was also nominated -, and the most remarkable in this excellent film is Sherman's amazing direction as he fluidly conducts us through more than twenty years of his characters' lives.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• May 09, 2009

  Claude Rains can definitely hold his own with Bette Davis. Davis' performance seems to forshadow her excellent work in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane.
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