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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Cast & Characters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) stars Dorothy McGuire as Katie Nolan, Joan Blondell as Aunt Sissy and James Dunn as Johnny Nolan. The drama movie was released February 28, 1945. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG 1945 · 2h 8m 75 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Elia Kazan

Screenplay

Tess Slesinger , Frank Davis

Based on

Betty Smith

Producers

Louis D. Lighton

Music

Alfred Newman

Cinematography

Leon Shamroy

Editor

Dorothy Spencer

Costume design

Bonnie Cashin

Full cast

89 cast members

Dorothy McGuire

Officer McShane

Peggy Ann Garner

Christmas Tree Vendor

Grandmother (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

Miss Tilford (uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

Librarian (uncredited)

Adeline De Walt Reynolds

Mrs. Waters (uncredited)

Mr. Barker (uncredited)

Harry Harvey Jr.

Herschel Knutson (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

Mr. Carney The Junkman (uncredited)

Tynmore Sister (uncredited)

Bakery Clerk (uncredited)

Erskine Sanford

Undertaker (uncredited)

Teen-Age Girl in Classroom (uncredited)

Robert J. Anderson

Augie (uncredited)

Nurse (uncredited)

Mr. Creckenbox (uncredited)

Girl (uncredited)

Old man on second floor landing (uncredited)

Cheap Charlie (uncredited)

Boots Brown

Boy (uncredited)

Sally Ann Brown

Girl (uncredited)

Sheila Brown

Girl (uncredited)

Library Patron (uncredited)

George M. Carleton

Doctor (uncredited)

James B. Carson

Undetermined (uncredited)

Werner (uncredited)

Peter Cusanelli

The Barber (uncredited)

Undetermined (uncredited)

Joy Duguay

Girl (uncredited)

Union Man (uncredited)

Fernanda Eliscu

Undetermined (uncredited)

Nurse (uncredited)

Robert Ferrero

Raider (uncredited)

Boy (uncredited)

Principal (uncredited)

Undetermined (uncredited)

Paul Graeff

Raider (uncredited)

Henny Gaddis (uncredited)

Joseph J. Greene

Hassler (uncredited)

Irving Gump

Undetermined (uncredited)

Christmas Tree Customer (uncredited)

Ethyl May Halls

Undetermined (uncredited)

Mary Lou Harrington

Girl (uncredited)

Boy (uncredited)

Janice Hood

Girl (uncredited)

Boy in Soda Fountain (uncredited)

Edna Jackson

Tynmore Sister (uncredited)

Boy at Christmas Tree Throw (uncredited)

Girl (uncredited)

Jacqueline Larkin

Girl (uncredited)

Bakery Clerk (uncredited)

Susan Lester

Flossie Gaddis (uncredited)

Raider (uncredited)

Doctor (uncredited)

Undetermined (uncredited)

Patricia McFadden

Sheila (uncredited)

Raider (uncredited)

Principal (uncredited)

Mr. Spencer (uncredited)

Citizen (uncredited)

Ronnie Pattison

Boy (uncredited)

Francis Pierlot

Priest at Funeral (uncredited)

Constance Purdy

Undetermined (uncredited)

Gordon Rader

Boy (uncredited)

Undetermined (uncredited)

Junkman (uncredited)

Nancy June Robinson

Girl (uncredited)

Tony Santoro

Waiter (uncredited)

Floorwalker at 5 & 10 Cent Store (uncredited)

Danny Shaw

Raider (uncredited)

Charley (uncredited)

Boy (uncredited)

Doctor (uncredited)

Robert Tait

Street Singer (uncredited)

Undetermined (uncredited)

Girl (uncredited)

Candy Store Proprietor (uncredited)

Martha Wentworth

Sheila's Mother (uncredited)

Undetermined (uncredited)

Undetermined (uncredited)

Crew by department

24 crew members

Directing

Assistant Director

Director of Photography

Writing

Production

Louis D. Lighton

Camera

E. Truman Joiner

Editing

Dorothy Spencer

Sound

Bernard Freericks

Roger Heman Sr.

Arthur Pierson

Dialogue

Music

Original Music Composer

Art

Lyle R. Wheeler

Visual Effects

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Costume Designer

Wardrobe Supervisor

Other

Frances C. Richardson

Edward B. Powell

Gertrude Kingston

Research Assistant

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