Désirée

Marlon Brando

as Napoleon Bonaparte

Jean Simmons

as Desiree Clary

Merle Oberon

as Empress Josephine

Michael Rennie

as Bernadotte

Cameron Mitchell

as Joseph Bonaparte

Elizabeth Sellars

as Julie

Charlotte Austin

as Paulette Bonaparte

Cathleen Nesbitt

as Mme. Bonaparte

Evelyn Varden

as Marie

Isobel Elsom

as Mme. Clary

John Hoyt

as Talleyrand

Alan Napier

as Despreaux

Richard Deacon

as Etienne Clary

Edith Evanson

as Queen Hedwig

Dorothy Neumann

as Queen Sofia

Carolyn Jones

as Mme. Tallien

Bess Flowers

as Attendant Holding Baby at Palace Ball

Gene Roth

as Von Essen

Nicolas Koster

as Oscar