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cast: 17
crew: 29
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# The Diary of Anne Frank (1959): cast and crew

17 cast and 29 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Millie Perkins](https://film.one/person/millie-perkins.md) as Anne Frank
- [Joseph Schildkraut](https://film.one/person/joseph-schildkraut.md) as Otto Frank
- [Shelley Winters](https://film.one/person/shelley-winters.md) as Petronella Van Daan
- [Richard Beymer](https://film.one/person/richard-beymer.md) as Peter Van Daan
- [Gusti Huber](https://film.one/person/gusti-huber.md) as Edith Frank
- [Lou Jacobi](https://film.one/person/lou-jacobi.md) as Hans Van Daan
- [Diane Baker](https://film.one/person/diane-baker.md) as Margot Frank
- [Douglas Spencer](https://film.one/person/douglas-spencer.md) as Kraler
- [Dodie Heath](https://film.one/person/dodie-heath.md) as Miep Gies
- [Ed Wynn](https://film.one/person/ed-wynn.md) as Albert Dussell
- [Robert Boon](https://film.one/person/robert-boon.md) as SS Man (uncredited)
- [Delmar Erickson](https://film.one/person/delmar-erickson.md) as SS Man (uncredited)
- Gretchen Goertz as Sanne Devries (uncredited)
- William Kirschner as Workman in Shop (uncredited)
- Edmund Purdom as British Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
- Frank Tweddell as Night Watchman (uncredited)
- Charles Wagenheim as Sneaky Thief (uncredited)

## Directing

- [George Stevens](https://film.one/person/george-stevens.md): Director
- Garson Kanin: Stage Director
- David S. Hall: Assistant Director

## Writing

- [Frances Goodrich](https://film.one/person/frances-goodrich.md): Screenplay, Theatre Play
- [Albert Hackett](https://film.one/person/albert-hackett.md): Screenplay, Theatre Play
- Anne Frank: Novel

## Production

- [George Stevens](https://film.one/person/george-stevens.md): Producer
- George Stevens Jr.: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [William C. Mellor](https://film.one/person/william-c-mellor.md): Director of Photography
- Gaston Longet: Still Photographer

## Editing

- [David Bretherton](https://film.one/person/david-bretherton.md): Editor
- [William Mace](https://film.one/person/william-mace.md): Editor
- [Robert Swink](https://film.one/person/robert-swink.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Alfred Newman](https://film.one/person/alfred-newman.md): Original Music Composer
- W.D. Flick: Sound Designer
- Harry M. Leonard: Sound Designer
- [Edward B. Powell](https://film.one/person/edward-b-powell.md): Orchestrator

## Art

- George W. Davis: Art Direction
- Lyle R. Wheeler: Art Direction
- Stuart A. Reiss: Set Decoration
- Walter M. Scott: Set Decoration
- M. Duke Abrahams: Property Master

## Costume and make-up

- [Charles LeMaire](https://film.one/person/charles-lemaire.md): Costume Design
- [Mary Wills](https://film.one/person/mary-wills.md): Costume Design
- Ben Nye: Makeup Artist
- Helen Turpin: Hairstylist

## Visual effects

- L.B. Abbott: Visual Effects

## Crew

- L.B. Abbott: Special Effects Coordinator, Special Effects
- Tony van Renterghem: Technical Advisor

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