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Zelig

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

Director

Woody Allen

Year

1983

Genre

comedy

Box Office

$11,798,616

Production

N/A

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 19 nominations total

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Leonard Zelig

Woody Allen

Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher

Mia Farrow

The Narrator

Patrick Horgan

Dr. Sindell

John Buckwalter

Glandular Diagnosis Doctor

Mexican Food Doctor

Dr. Birsky

Hypodermic Doctor

Experimental Drugs Doctor

George Hamlin

Other Doctor

Ralph Bell

Other Doctor

Richard Whiting

Other Doctor (as Will Hussong)

Man in Barber Chair

Man in Park

Scotsman

Freshman #1

Freshman #2 (as Michael Jeeter)

Michael Jeter

Workers Rally Speaker

Martin Geist

Sister Ruth

Telephone Operator

Woman on Telephone

Man on Telephone

Actress Fletcher

Actor Doctor (as Charles Denney)

Charles Denny

Actor Koslow

Michael Kell

Actor Zelig (as Garrett Brown)

Garrett M. Brown

Miss Baker (as Sharon Ferrol)

Sharon Ferrol-Young

Charles Koslow

Richard Litt

Martinez

Dimitri Vassilopoulos

Paul Deghuee

John Rothman

Meryl Fletcher

Stephanie Farrow

City Hall Speaker

Francis Beggins

Dr. Fletcher's Mother

Jean Trowbridge

On-Camera Interviewer

Ken Chapin

Hearst Guest

Gerald Klein

Hearst Guest (as Vincent Jerosa)

Vincent Jerman-Jerosa

Lita Fox

Lita's Lawyer

Zelig's Lawyer

Helen Gray

Zelig's Wife

Wrist Victim

House-Painting Victim

Louise Deitch

Vilification Woman

Bernice Dowis

Greek Waiter

John Doumanian

Rally Chancellor (as Will Holt)

Willy Holt

Carter Dean

Bernie Herold

Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews

Susan Sontag

Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews

Irving Howe

Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews

Saul Bellow

Bricktop - Contemporary Interviews

Bricktop

Bruno Bettelheim - Contemporary Interviews

Bruno Bettelheim

John Morton Blum - Contemporary Interviews (as Professor John Morton Blum)

John Morton Blum

Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews

Marshall Cole Sr.

Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Ellen Garrison

Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews

Jack Cannon

Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews

Theodore R. Smits

Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews

Sherman Loud

Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews

Elizabeth Rothschild

Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews (as Kuno Spunholz)

Kuno Sponholz

Pathe News Announcer (voice)

Ed Herlihy

Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice)

Dwight Weist

Radio Announcer (voice)

Gordon Gould

Universal Newsreel Announcer (voice) (as Windy Craig)

Wendell Craig

German U.F.A. Newsreel Announcer (voice)

Jurgen Kuehn

Self (with Hitler and Streicher) (archive footage) (unconfirmed)

Max Amann

Other Doctor

Arthur Anderson

Self (archive footage)

Josephine Baker

Lizard Dancer

Michael Blevins

Self (archive footage)

Fanny Brice

Self - Walking Behind Hitler (archive footage)

Wilhelm BrÃ¼ckner

Self (archive footage)

James Cagney

Self (archive footage)

Al Capone

Self (archive footage)

Charles Chaplin

Self - Pinning Medal

Calvin Coolidge

Self (archive footage)

Marion Davies

Self (archive footage)

Dolores del Rio

Self - with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage)

Sepp Dietrich

Self - Playing Baseball (archive footage)

Joe DiMaggio

Self (archive footage)

Marie Dressler

Self (archive footage)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Self (archive footage)

Lou Gehrig

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Self (archive footage)

Harold 'Red' Grange

Self (archive footage)

Hermann GÃ¶ring

Reporter

Jon Hayden

Self (archive footage)

William Randolph Hearst

Self (archive footage)

Rudolf Hess

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Bobby Jones

German Girl

Elizabeth Kaitan

Self - with Goebbels (archive footage)

Robert Ley

Self (archive footage)

Charles A. Lindbergh

Self (archive footage)

Carole Lombard

Self (archive footage)

Adolphe Menjou

Self - At San Simeon (archive footage)

Tom Mix

Self with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage)

Franz Pfeffer von Salomon

voice of Helen Kane

Mae Questel

Charleston Dancer

Bubba Dean Rambo

Self (archive footage)

Billy Rose

Self - Swinging Bat (archive footage)

Babe Ruth

Self - Walking Behind Hitler (archive footage)

Julius Schaub

Self - with Back to Hitler (archive footage)

Gregor Strasser

Self - with Hitler and Hess (archive footage)

Julius Streicher

Beauty Contestant

Kim Johnston Ulrich

Self - with Goebbels and Ley (archive footage)

Franz von Epp

Self - Mayor of New York (archive footage)

Jimmy Walker

Police Officer

Tug Wilson

Self (archive footage)

Claire Windsor

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