Mr. Skeffington

May 25, 1944

2h 25m

★ 6.8

She was lucky that Mr. Skeffington was such a gentleman!

Overview

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Mr. Skeffington Trailers

Cast

Fanny Trellis

Bette Davis

Job Skeffington

Claude Rains

George Trellis

Walter Abel

Dr. Byles

George Coulouris

Trippy Trellis

Richard Waring

Young Fanny

Marjorie Riordan

MacMahon

Robert Shayne

Jim Conderley

John Alexander

Edward Morrison

Jerome Cowan

Johnny Mitchell

Manby

Dorothy Peterson

Chester Forbish

Peter Whitney

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