The Belles of St Trinian's - Cast

Cast

  • Alastair Sim as Headmistress Millicent Fritton / Clarence Fritton
  • Joyce Grenfell as Sergeant Ruby Gates
  • George Cole as Flash Harry
  • Hermione Baddeley as Miss Drownder
  • Betty Ann Davies as Miss Waters
  • Renee Houston as Miss Brimmer
  • Beryl Reid as Miss Wilson
  • Irene Handl as Miss Gale
  • Mary Merrall as Miss Buckland
  • Joan Sims as Miss Dawn
  • Balbina as Mlle de St. Emilion
  • Jane Henderson as Miss Holland
  • Diana Day as Jackie
  • Jill Braidwood as Florrie
  • Annabelle Covey as Maudie
  • Pauline Drewett as Celia
  • Jean Langston as Rosie
  • Lloyd Lamble as Superintendent Kemp Bird, boyfriend of Ruby Gates
  • Richard Wattis as Manton Bassett, civil servant in the Ministry of Education
  • Guy Middleton as Eric Rowbottom-Smith, a ministry inspector, now a teacher at the school
  • Arthur Howard as Wilfred Woodley, another ministry inspector, also now a teacher
  • Michael Ripper as Albert Faning
  • Eric Pohlmann as The Sultan of Makyad
  • Sid James as Benny, one of Clarence Fritton's racing associates
  • Martin Walker as Hankinson
  • Noel Hood as Bilston School Mistress
  • Vivienne Martin as Arabella
  • Elizabeth Griffiths as Gladys
  • AndrĂ©e Melly as Lucretia
  • Belinda Lee as Amanda
  • Michael Kelly as Bill
  • Tommy Duggan as Joe
  • Paul Connell as Sam
  • Lorna Henderson as Fatima
  • Vivien Wood as Miss Anderson (as Vivienne Wood)
  • Cara Stevens as Sultan's Secretary
  • Jerry Verno as Alf, the bookmaker
  • Jack Doyle as Assistant Trainer
  • Windsor Cottage as the Horse "Arab Boy"

Ronald Searle appeared in a cameo role as a visiting parent. Roger Delgado plays the Sultan's aide. It was also the first film appearance for a 17 year-old Barbara Windsor.

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