Marjorie Morningstar 66 years old
Would this glamorous girl choose love...or a star-spangled Career?
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at a nearby summer theater. Like Marjorie, he is an upper-middle-class New York Jew (born 'Ehrman'), but has fallen away from his roots, and Marjorie's parents object among other things to his lack of a suitable profession, such as medicine or law. Noel himself warns Marjorie repeatedly that she's much too naive and conventional for him, but they nonetheless fall in love. As they pursue an on-again-off-again relationship, Marjorie completes her studies at Hunter College, and works to establish an acting career, while Noel first leaves the theater for a job with an advertising agency, but later completes a musical he'd started writing before he and Marjorie had first met.
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Marjorie Morningstar Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Claire Trevor She was 48, 90 years old when she died | as Rose Morgenstern |
| Martin Balsam He was 38, 76 years old when he died | as Dr. David Harris |
| Shelley Fabares She was 14, now 80 years old | as Guest at Marjorie's Home |
| Natalie Wood She was 19, 43 years old when she died | as Marjorie Morgenstern |
| Paul Picerni He was 35, 88 years old when he died | as Philip Berman |
| Ed Wynn He was 71, 79 years old when he died | as Uncle Samson |
| Everett Sloane He was 48, 55 years old when he died | as Arnold Morgenstern |
| Ruta Lee She was 21, now 88 years old | as Imogene Norman |
| Gene Kelly He was 45, 83 years old when he died | as Noel Airman |
| Carolyn Jones She was 27, 53 years old when she died | as Marsha Zelenko |
| George Tobias He was 56, 78 years old when he died | as Maxwell Greech |
| Jesse White He was 41, 80 years old when he died | as Lou Michaelson |
| Edd Byrnes He was 24, 86 years old when he died | as Sandy Lamm |
| Martin Milner He was 26, 83 years old when he died | as Wally Wronkin |
| Peter Brown (actor) He was 22, 80 years old when he died | as Young Actor |
Marjorie Morningstar Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Max Steiner as Original Music Composer. He was 69 (83) years old when He died | Sound |
| Harry Stradling Sr. as Director of Photography. He was 56 (68) years old when He died | Camera |
| Herman Wouk as Novel. He was 42 (103) years old when He died | Writing |
| Irving Rapper as Director. He was 60 (101) years old when He died | Directing |
| Everett Freeman as Screenplay. He was 47 (80) years old when He died | Writing |
Marjorie Morningstar (66 years)
Would this glamorous girl choose love...or a star-spangled Career?
- Release day: Thursday, April 24, 1958
- Runtime: 128 minutes