Movie · 1980
Fame
“If they've really got what it takes, it's going to take everything they've got.”
Released 16 May 1980 134 min Drama / Music More from 1980 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
FR·01
How old were they?
Albert Hague
as Mr. Shorofsky
Tresa Hughes
as Mrs. Finsecker
Anne Meara
as Mrs. Sherwood
Joanna Merlin
as Miss Berg
Richard Belzer
as M.C. at Catch a Rising Star club
Karen Ford
as Principal Dancer
Jim Moody
as Farrell
Debbie Allen
as Lydia
Boyd Gaines
as Michael
Maureen Teefy
as Doris Finsecker
Barry Miller
as Ralph Garci/Raul Garcia
Irene Cara
as Coco Hernandez
Antonia Franceschi
as Hilary Van Doren
Michael DeLorenzo
as Principal Dancer
Paul McCrane
as Montgomery MacNeil
Lee Curreri
as Bruno Martelli
Isaac Mizrahi
as Touchstone, Drama Student
Gene Anthony Ray
as Leroy Johnson
Laura Dean
as Lisa Monroe
Philip Wright
as Principal Dancer
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The numbers
43years between the oldest and youngest billed
59Albert Hague — oldest on the call sheet
16Laura Dean — youngest billed
30average age of the credited cast