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About
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
Theatrical
Jun 23, 1960
Theaters
1
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Full credits →J
Judy Holliday
Ella Peterson
D
Dean Martin
Jeffrey Moss
F
Fred Clark
Larry Hastings
E
Eddie Foy Jr.
J. Otto Prantz
J
Jean Stapleton
Sue
R
Ruth Storey
Gwynne
D
Dort Clark
Inspector Barnes
F
Frank Gorshin
Blake Barton
R
Ralph Roberts
Francis
V
Valerie Allen
Olga
S
Steve Peck
Gangster (uncredited)
G
Gerry Mulligan
Ella's Blind Date
J
Jimmy Ames
Bernie
L
Lela Bliss
Party Guest (uncredited)
D
Donna Douglas
Party Guest (uncredited)
O
Oliver Blake
Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)
H
Herb Vigran
Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
L
Len Lesser
Charlie Bessemer (uncredited)
B
Barbara Hines
Party Guest (uncredited)
M
Marina Koshetz
Mme Grimaldi (uncredited)
