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Daisy Kenyon
Daisy Kenyon
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1947
1h 39m
6.6(53 votes)
Drama
Romance

Overview

Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.

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Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Videos & Trailers

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Cast & Crew

36 members
Acting

Joan Crawford

Daisy Kenyon

Joan Crawford
Acting

Dana Andrews

Dan O'Mara

Dana Andrews
Acting

Henry Fonda

Peter Lapham

Henry Fonda
Acting

Ruth Warrick

Lucille O'Mara

Ruth Warrick
Acting

Martha Stewart

Mary Angelus

Martha Stewart
Acting

Peggy Ann Garner

Rosamund O'Mara

Peggy Ann Garner
Acting

Connie Marshall

Marie O'Mara

Connie Marshall
Acting

Nicholas Joy

Coverly

Nicholas Joy
Acting

Art Baker

Lucille's Attorney

Art Baker
Acting

Walter Winchell

himself

Walter Winchell
Acting

Leonard Lyons

himself

No Image
Acting

Mae Marsh

Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)

Mae Marsh
Acting

George E. Stone

Waiter (uncredited)

George E. Stone
Acting

Tito Vuolo

Dino (uncredited)

Tito Vuolo
Acting

Franklyn Farnum

Man Leaving Courtroom (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
Acting

William H. O'Brien

Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)

William H. O'Brien
Acting

Jimmy Ames

Unknown Role

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Acting

Monya Andre

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Don Avalier

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Griff Barnett

Unknown Role

Griff Barnett
Acting

John Butler

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Les Clark

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

Roger Cole

Unknown Role

No Image
Acting

John Davidson

Unknown Role

John Davidson
Acting

Jay Eaton

Unknown Role

Jay Eaton
Acting

John Garfield

Unknown Role

John Garfield
Acting

Victoria Horne

Unknown Role

Victoria Horne
Acting

Mauritz Hugo

Unknown Role

Mauritz Hugo
Acting

Robert Karnes

Unknown Role

Robert Karnes
Acting

Norman Leavitt

Unknown Role

Norman Leavitt
Acting

Marion Marshall

Unknown Role

Marion Marshall
Acting

Charles Meredith

Unknown Role

Charles Meredith
Acting

Roy Roberts

Unknown Role

Roy Roberts
Writing

Damon Runyon

Unknown Role

Damon Runyon
Acting

Jeffrey Sayre

Unknown Role

Jeffrey Sayre
Acting

Ann Staunton

Unknown Role

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