Sitting Pretty

Sitting Pretty(1948)

"Never was a baby-sitter like this!"

7.0/10
47 votes
83 minMarch 10, 1948

Overview

Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.

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Robert Young

Robert Young

Harry King

Maureen O'Hara

Maureen O'Hara

Tacey King

Clifton Webb

Clifton Webb

Lynn Belvedere

Richard Haydn

Richard Haydn

Mr. Clarence Appleton

Louise Allbritton

Louise Allbritton

Edna Philby

Randy Stuart

Randy Stuart

Peggy

Ed Begley

Ed Begley

Horatio J. Hammond

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Larry Olsen

Larry King

John Russell

John Russell

Bill Philby

Betty Lynn

Betty Lynn

Ginger

Willard Robertson

Willard Robertson

Mr. Ashcroft

Charles Arnt

Charles Arnt

Mr. Taylor (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Townswoman (uncredited)

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Barbara Blaine

Jitterbug (uncredited)

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Boyd Cabeen

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Ken Christy

Mr. McPherson (uncredited)

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Mary Field

Della (uncredited)

Grayce Hampton

Grayce Hampton

Mrs. Appleton (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine

Leota Lorraine

Conference Guest (uncredited)

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Ellen Lowe

Effie (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald

J. Farrell MacDonald

Cop (uncredited)

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Lee MacGregor

Jitterbug (uncredited)

Marion Marshall

Marion Marshall

Secretary (uncredited)

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Thomas Martin

Waiter (uncredited)

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Roddy McCaskill

Roddy King (uncredited)

Mira McKinney

Mira McKinney

Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Dave Morris

Dave Morris

John the Mailman (uncredited)

Jane Nigh

Jane Nigh

Mabel Phillips (uncredited)

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Anne O'Neal

Mrs. Gibbs (uncredited)

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Charles Owens

Jitterbug (uncredited)

Isabel Randolph

Isabel Randolph

Mrs. R. B. Frisbee (uncredited)

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Albin Robeling

Maitre D' (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Loretta Russell

Conference Guest (uncredited)

Syd Saylor

Syd Saylor

Cab Driver (uncredited)

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Harry Seymour

Waiter (uncredited)

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Bill Sheehan

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Ann Shoemaker

Ann Shoemaker

Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)

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Anthony Sydes

Tony King (uncredited)

Charles Tannen

Charles Tannen

Newsreel Director (uncredited)

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Bob Tidwell

Jitterbug (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

Ruth Warren

Matron (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Billy Wayne

Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell

Josephine Whittell

Martha Hammond (uncredited)

Cara Williams

Cara Williams

Secretary (uncredited)

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