<P> Born in Trinidad and Tobago, Hazel Scott was raised in New York City and became known as a jazz and classical pianist and singer . Like Lena Horne, Scott was one of the first African - American women to have a career in Hollywood as well as television . Scott plays herself in the film, performing in a Paris nightclub . </P> <Ul> <Li> Robert Alda as George Gershwin </Li> <Li> Joan Leslie as Julie Adams </Li> <Li> Alexis Smith as Christine Gilbert </Li> <Li> Charles Coburn as Max Dreyfus </Li> <Li> Julie Bishop as Lee Gershwin </Li> <Li> Albert Bassermann as Prof. Franck </Li> <Li> Morris Carnovsky as Poppa Morris Gershwin </Li> <Li> Rosemary DeCamp as Momma Rose Gershwin </Li> <Li> Oscar Levant as Himself </Li> <Li> Paul Whiteman as Himself </Li> <Li> Al Jolson as Himself </Li> <Li> George White as Himself </Li> <Li> Hazel Scott as Herself </Li> <Li> Anne Brown as Herself as Bess in' Porgy and Bess' scene </Li> <Li> Herbert Rudley as Ira Gershwin </Li> </Ul> <Li> Robert Alda as George Gershwin </Li> <Li> Joan Leslie as Julie Adams </Li>

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