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# The Heiress (1949): cast and crew

32 cast and 27 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Olivia de Havilland](https://film.one/person/olivia-de-havilland.md) as Catherine Sloper
- [Montgomery Clift](https://film.one/person/montgomery-clift.md) as Morris Townsend
- [Ralph Richardson](https://film.one/person/ralph-richardson.md) as Dr. Austin Sloper
- [Miriam Hopkins](https://film.one/person/miriam-hopkins.md) as Lavinia Penniman
- [Vanessa Brown](https://film.one/person/vanessa-brown.md) as Maria
- [Mona Freeman](https://film.one/person/mona-freeman.md) as Maria Almond
- [Ray Collins](https://film.one/person/ray-collins.md) as Jefferson Almond
- [Betty Linley](https://film.one/person/betty-linley.md) as Mme. Montgomery
- [Selena Royle](https://film.one/person/selena-royle.md) as Elizabeth Almond
- [Paul Lees](https://film.one/person/paul-lees.md) as Arthur Townsend
- [Harry Antrim](https://film.one/person/harry-antrim.md) as M. Abeel
- [Russ Conway](https://film.one/person/russ-conway.md) as Quintus
- David Thursby as Geier
- Nan Boardman as French Maid (uncredited)
- Loulette Sablon as French Maid (uncredited)
- Jack Chefe as French Waiter (uncredited)
- Ray De Ravenne as French Waiter (uncredited)
- Marcel De La Brosse as French Porter (uncredited)
- Albert Pollet as French Porter (uncredited)
- Arthur Dulac as French Bellboy (uncredited)
- Lester Dorr as Groom (uncredited)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://film.one/person/franklyn-farnum.md) as Dr. Isaacs (uncredited)
- Louise Lorimer as Dr. Sloper's Secretary (uncredited)
- Sam Harris as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Donald Kerr as Fish Peddler (uncredited)
- Ralph Sanford as Captain of the Castle Queen (uncredited)
- [Douglas Spencer](https://film.one/person/douglas-spencer.md) as Minister (uncredited)
- Dorothy Vernon as Delivery Woman (uncredited)
- [Mary Bayless](https://film.one/person/mary-bayless.md)
- Charles Meakin
- Paul Power
- Edward Rickard

## Directing

- [William Wyler](https://film.one/person/william-wyler.md): Director
- Charles C. Coleman: Assistant Director
- Ronnie Lubin: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Ruth Goetz](https://film.one/person/ruth-goetz.md): Screenplay
- Henry James: Novel
- [Augustus Goetz](https://film.one/person/augustus-goetz.md): Screenplay, Theatre Play

## Production

- Robert Wyler: Associate Producer
- [William Wyler](https://film.one/person/william-wyler.md): Producer
- Charles Woolstenhulme: Production Manager
- Lester Koenig: Associate Producer

## Camera

- [Leo Tover](https://film.one/person/leo-tover.md): Director of Photography
- Haskell B. Boggs: Camera Operator

## Editing

- [William Hornbeck](https://film.one/person/william-hornbeck.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- [Aaron Copland](https://film.one/person/aaron-copland.md): Original Music Composer
- Van Cleave: Orchestrator
- Leon Becker: Music Supervisor
- Hugo Grenzbach: Sound Recordist
- John Cope: Sound Recordist

## Art

- John Meehan: Art Direction
- [Harry Horner](https://film.one/person/harry-horner.md): Art Direction, Production Design
- Emile Kuri: Set Decoration

## Costume and make-up

- [Edith Head](https://film.one/person/edith-head.md): Costume Design
- [Gile Steele](https://film.one/person/gile-steele.md): Costume Design
- Hal Lierley: Makeup Artist
- Wally Westmore: Makeup Department Head
- Lenore Weaver: Hairstylist

## Visual effects

- Gordon Jennings: Visual Effects

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