Movie
Daddy Long Legs
Released: May 5, 1955 (1955)
Runtime: 126 minutes
Genres: Music, Romance
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Larry Keating as Ambassador Alexander Williamson
Age at release: 58
- Kathryn Givney as Gertrude Pendleton
Age at release: 58
- Fred Astaire as Jervis Pendleton III
Age at release: 55
- Thelma Ritter as Alicia Pritchard
Age at release: 53
- Fred Clark as Griggs
Age at release: 41
- Ray Anthony as Himself
Age at release: 33
- Terry Moore as Linda Pendleton
Age at release: 26
- Kelly Brown as Jimmy McBride
Age at release: 26
- Leslie Caron as Julie Andre
Age at release: 23
- Charlotte Austin as Sally McBride
Age at release: 21
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- Forbes Murray as Art Gallery Patron
Age at release: 70
- Gertrude Astor as Art Gallery Patron (uncredited)
Age at release: 67
- Ann Codee as Madame Sevanne
Age at release: 65
- William H. O'Brien as Hotel Waiter
Age at release: 63
- Helen Van Tuyl as College Dean
Age at release: 63
- Bert Stevens as Graduation Attendee
Age at release: 50
- Kenner G. Kemp as Airport Passenger
Age at release: 47
- Sara Shane as Pat
Age at release: 26
- Pat Sheehan as College Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: 23
- Suzanne Alexander as College Girl
Age at release: 23
- Liliane Montevecchi as College Girl
Age at release: 22
- Barrie Chase as Blonde dancer (in "International Playboy") (uncredited)
Age at release: 21
- Lisa Montell as College Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: 21
- Leslie Parrish as College Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: 20
- Diane Jergens as College Girl
Age at release: 20
- Jean Moorhead as College Girl (uncredited)
Age at release: 20
- Marco López as Extra (uncredited)
Age at release: 19
- James Cromwell as Extra (uncredited)
Age at release: 15
- Evelyn Rudie as Codene, Orphan Girl
Age at release: 6
- Numa Lapeyre as Jean (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown