Cast and Crew of The Women Who Run Hollywood

Cast of
The Women Who Run Hollywood

About The Women Who Run Hollywood

The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy, the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars, Dorothy Arzner was the most powerful film director in Hollywood. And what do all of them have in common? They are all women and they have all been forgotten. Incredibly, it also took until 2010 for the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, to win the Oscar for Best Director. Even if underrepresented women have always played a big part in Hollywood and it is this part of the film history left untold that this documentary sets out to uncover.

Full Cast of The Women Who Run Hollywood

Paula Wagner
plays Herself

Robin Swicord
plays Herself

Ally Acker
plays Herself

Cari Beauchamp
plays Herself

Margaret Booth
plays Herself (archive footage)

Lillian Gish
plays Herself (archive footage)

Alice Guy-Blaché
plays Herself (archive footage)

Lois Weber
plays Herself (archive footage)

Frances Marion
plays Herself (archive footage)

Mary Pickford
plays Herself (archive footage)

Anita Loos
plays Herself (archive footage)

Ida Lupino
plays Herself (archive footage)

Edith Head
plays Herself (archive footage)

Dorothy Arzner
plays Herself (archive footage)

June Mathis
plays Herself (archive footage)

Mabel Normand
plays Herself (archive footage)

Mae West
plays Herself (archive footage)

Virginia Van Upp
plays Herself (archive footage)

Sherry Lansing
plays Herself (archive footage)


Crew of The Women Who Run Hollywood