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Zelig (1983) Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the

Zelig (1983)

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

Cast:
Leonard Zelig: Woody Allen
Dr. Eudora Nesbitt Fletcher: Mia Farrow
The Narrator: Patrick Horgan
Dr. Sindell: John Buckwalter
Glandular Diagnosis Doctor: Marvin Chatinover
Mexican Food Doctor: Stanley Swerdlow
Dr. Birsky: Paul Nevens
Hypodermic Doctor: Howard Erskine
Experimental Drugs Doctor: George Hamlin
Other Doctor: Arthur Anderson
Other Doctor (as Will Hussong): Will Hussung
Man in Barber Chair: Robert Iglesia
Man in Park: Eli Resnick
Scotsman: Edward McPhillips
Freshman #1: Gale Hansen
Freshman #2 (as Michael Jeeter): Michael Jeter
Workers Rally Speaker: Peter McRobbie
Martin Geist: Sol Lomita
Sister Ruth: Mary Louise Wilson
Telephone Operator: Alice Beardsley
Woman on Telephone: Paula Trueman
Man on Telephone: Ed Lane
Actress Fletcher: Marianne Tatum
Actor Doctor (as Charles Denney): Charles Denny
Actor Koslow: Michael Kell
Actor Zelig (as Garrett Brown): Garrett M. Brown
Miss Baker (as Sharon Ferrol): Sharon Ferrol-Young
Charles Koslow: Richard Litt
Martinez: Dimitri Vassilopoulos
Paul Deghuee: John Rothman
Meryl Fletcher: Stephanie Farrow
City Hall Speaker: Francis Beggins
Dr. Fletcher's Mother: Jean Trowbridge
On-Camera Interviewer: Ken Chapin
Hearst Guest: Gerald Klein
Hearst Guest (as Vincent Jerosa): Vincent Jerman-Jerosa
Lita Fox: Deborah Rush
Lita's Lawyer: Stanley Simmonds
Zelig's Lawyer: Robert Berger
Helen Gray: Jeanine Jackson
Zelig's Wife: Erma Campbell
Wrist Victim: Anton Marco
House-Painting Victim: Louise Deitch
Vilification Woman: Bernice Dowis
Greek Waiter: John Doumanian
Rally Chancellor (as Will Holt): Willy Holt
Carter Dean: Bernie Herold
Susan Sontag - Contemporary Interviews: Susan Sontag
Irving Howe - Contemporary Interviews: Irving Howe
Saul Bellow - Contemporary Interviews: Saul Bellow
Bricktop - Contemporary Interviews: Bricktop
Bruno Bettelheim - Contemporary Interviews: Bruno Bettelheim
John Morton Blum - Contemporary Interviews (as Professor John Morton Blum): John Morton Blum
Calvin Turner - Contemporary Interviews: Marshall Cole Sr.
Older Dr. Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews: Ellen Garrison
Mike Geibell - Contemporary Interviews: Jack Cannon
Ted Bierbauer - Contemporary Interviews: Theodore R. Smits
Older Paul Deghuee - Contemporary Interviews: Sherman Loud
Older Sister Meryl Fletcher - Contemporary Interviews: Elizabeth Rothschild
Oswald Pohl - Contemporary Interviews (as Kuno Spunholz): Kuno Sponholz
Pathe News Announcer (voice): Ed Herlihy
Hearst Metrotone Announcer (voice): Dwight Weist
Radio Announcer (voice): Gordon Gould
Universal Newsreel Announcer (voice) (as Windy Craig): Wendell Craig
German U.F.A. Newsreel Announcer (voice): Jurgen Kuehn
Self (with Hitler and Streicher) (archive footage) (unconfirmed): Max Amann
Self (archive footage): Claire Windsor
Lizard Dancer: Michael Blevins
Self - Walking Behind Hitler (archive footage): Julius Schaub
Self - Pinning Medal: Calvin Coolidge
Self - with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage): Sepp Dietrich
Self - Playing Baseball (archive footage): Joe DiMaggio
Reporter: Jon Hayden
German Girl: Elizabeth Kaitan
Self - with Goebbels (archive footage): Robert Ley
Self - At San Simeon (archive footage): Tom Mix
Self with Hitler and Streicher (archive footage): Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
voice of Helen Kane: Mae Questel
Charleston Dancer: Bubba Dean Rambo
Self - Swinging Bat (archive footage): Babe Ruth
Self - with Back to Hitler (archive footage): Gregor Strasser
Self - with Hitler and Hess (archive footage): Julius Streicher
Beauty Contestant: Kim Johnston Ulrich
Self - with Goebbels and Ley (archive footage): Franz von Epp
Self - Mayor of New York (archive footage): Jimmy Walker
Police Officer: Tug Wilson

Written by: Woody Allen

Director: Woody Allen

Release date: 25 Aug 1983

Box Office: $11,798,616
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