Struggling actress Hedda Hopper can't get a break in Hollywood, even though an acquaintance of hers is the extremely powerful gossip monger Louella Parsons.<br /><br />Elizabeth Taylor - Louella Parsons<br />Jane Alexander - Hedda Hopper<br />Richard Dysart - Louis B. Mayer<br />Joyce Van Patten - Dema Harshbarger<br />Jon Cypher - Dr. Harry 'Docky' Martin<br />Leslie Ackerman - Harriet Parsons<br />Bonnie Bartlett - Ida Koverman<br />Thomas Byrd - William Hopper<br />Joel Colodner - Andy Kenderson<br />Rick Lenz - Iceman<br />Mary McCusker - Dot<br />John Pleshette - Tommy Gallep<br />Eric Purcell - Orson Welles<br />Tim Robbins - Joseph Cotten<br />Mark L. Taylor - Howard Strickling<br />Nancy Travis - Ann<br />B.J. Ward - June<br />Vernon Weddle - Sam Goldwyn<br />Allen Williams - Joel<br />Teddy Wilson - Collins (as Theodore Wilson)<br />Jason Wingreen - Jack Warner<br />Helen Baron - Ellen<br />Thomas Bellin - Hotel Clerk<br />Denise Crosby - Carole Lombard<br />Robert Darnell - Heiner<br />Christine Dickinson - Betty<br />Douglas Emerson - Young Bill Harper<br />Edith Fields - Mrs. Washburn<br />Lyla Graham - Mrs. Clayton<br />Anne Haney - Dema's Secretary<br />Mindi Iden - Starlet<br />Leigh Kavanaugh - 2nd Lady Journalist<br />Amelia Laurenson - Elizabeth Arden<br />Galen Thompson - Hal<br />Jan Tríska - Mike Romanoff<br />Keith Walker - Albert (as Keith A. Walker)<br />Gary Wayne - Clark Gable<br />Noni White - 1st Lady Journalist<br />Helen Kelly - Woman at shopping plaza<br />Craig Richard Nelson - Radio Producer<br />Michael Westmore - Mike
