About Be Pretty and Shut Up!
The film is a series of interviews with various well-known film actresses, including Jenny Agutter, Maria Schneider, and Jane Fonda. The title, which is borrowed from a 1958 film with the same name by Marc Allegret, refers to the sense the actresses have of what is expected of them by the film industry.
Full Cast of Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Delphine Seyrig
plays Self - Interviewer
Jill Clayburgh
plays Self
Patti D'Arbanville
plays Self
Louise Fletcher
plays Self
Cindy Williams
plays Self
Luce Guilbeault
plays Self
Shirley MacLaine
plays Self (archive footage)
Anne Wiazemsky
plays Self
Maria Schneider
plays Self
Barbara Steele
plays Self
Millie Perkins
plays Self
Mallory Millet-Jones
plays Self
Simone de Beauvoir
plays Self (voice) (archive footage)
Crew of Be Pretty and Shut Up!
Directing
Production
Camera
Editing