<Ul> <Li> Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood . His performance in the song `` Singin ' in the Rain '' is now considered to be iconic . </Li> <Li> Debbie Reynolds as Kathy Selden . Directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen insisted that Reynolds was always first in their minds for the role . Although the film revolves around the idea that Kathy has to dub over for Lina 's voice , in the scene where Kathy is dubbing a line of Lina 's dialogue ( `` Our love will last ' til the stars turn cold '' ) , Jean Hagen 's normal voice is used . </Li> <Li> Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown , Don 's lifelong pal , and vaudeville partner , who becomes the head of Monumental Pictures ' music department . </Li> <Li> Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont . Fresh off her role in The Asphalt Jungle , Hagen read for the part for producer Arthur Freed . She did a dead - on impression of Judy Holliday 's Billie Dawn character from Born Yesterday , which won her the role . </Li> <Li> Millard Mitchell as R.F. Simpson . The initials of the fictional head of Monumental Pictures are a reference to producer Arthur Freed . R.F. also uses one of Freed 's favorite expressions when he says that he `` can not quite visualize it '' and has to see it on film first , referring to the `` Broadway Melody '' sequence . This is a joke , since the audience has just seen it . </Li> <Li> Cyd Charisse as the long - legged woman in the green sequined dress and Louise Brooks hair who vamps Gene Kelly in the `` Broadway Melody '' sequence . </Li> <Li> Douglas Fowley as Roscoe Dexter , the director of Don and Lina 's films . </Li> <Li> Rita Moreno as Zelda Zanders , the `` Zip Girl '' and Lina 's friend . </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> Gene Kelly as Don Lockwood . His performance in the song `` Singin ' in the Rain '' is now considered to be iconic . </Li> <Li> Debbie Reynolds as Kathy Selden . Directors Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen insisted that Reynolds was always first in their minds for the role . Although the film revolves around the idea that Kathy has to dub over for Lina 's voice , in the scene where Kathy is dubbing a line of Lina 's dialogue ( `` Our love will last ' til the stars turn cold '' ) , Jean Hagen 's normal voice is used . </Li> <Li> Donald O'Connor as Cosmo Brown , Don 's lifelong pal , and vaudeville partner , who becomes the head of Monumental Pictures ' music department . </Li> <Li> Jean Hagen as Lina Lamont . Fresh off her role in The Asphalt Jungle , Hagen read for the part for producer Arthur Freed . She did a dead - on impression of Judy Holliday 's Billie Dawn character from Born Yesterday , which won her the role . </Li> <Li> Millard Mitchell as R.F. Simpson . The initials of the fictional head of Monumental Pictures are a reference to producer Arthur Freed . R.F. also uses one of Freed 's favorite expressions when he says that he `` can not quite visualize it '' and has to see it on film first , referring to the `` Broadway Melody '' sequence . This is a joke , since the audience has just seen it . </Li> <Li> Cyd Charisse as the long - legged woman in the green sequined dress and Louise Brooks hair who vamps Gene Kelly in the `` Broadway Melody '' sequence . </Li> <Li> Douglas Fowley as Roscoe Dexter , the director of Don and Lina 's films . </Li> <Li> Rita Moreno as Zelda Zanders , the `` Zip Girl '' and Lina 's friend . </Li> </Ul>
who are the actors in singing in the rain
who are the actors in singing in the rain
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Cyd Charisse Douglas Fowley Rita Moreno
Gene Kelly Debbie Reynolds Donald O'Connor Jean Hagen Millard Mitchell Cyd Charisse Douglas Fowley Rita Moreno