

23/06/1960
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.

Judy Holliday
as Ella Peterson

Dean Martin
as Jeffrey Moss

Fred Clark
as Larry Hastings

Eddie Foy Jr.
as J. Otto Prantz

Jean Stapleton
as Sue

Ruth Storey
as Gwynne

Dort Clark
as Inspector Barnes

Frank Gorshin
as Blake Barton

Ralph Roberts
as Francis

Valerie Allen
as Olga

Bernie West
as Joe Kitchell

Steve Peck
as Gangster (uncredited)

Gerry Mulligan
as Ella's Blind Date

Jimmy Ames
as Bernie

Lela Bliss
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Donna Douglas
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Oliver Blake
as Ludwig Smiley (uncredited)

Herb Vigran
as Barney Lampwick (uncredited)

Len Lesser
as Charlie Bessemer (uncredited)

Barbara Hines
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Marina Koshetz
as Mme Grimaldi (uncredited)

Hal Linden
as Singer (uncredited)

Titus Moede
as Beatnik (uncredited)

Nina Roman
as Actress (uncredited)

Maida Severn
as (uncredited)

Olan Soule
as Nervous Man (uncredited)

Doris Wiss
as Actress (uncredited)

Elizabeth Montgomery
as Girl Reading Book (uncredited)

Jean Moorhead
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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