Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.

Judy Garland
as Nellie Kelly / Little Nellie Kelly

George Murphy
as Jerry Kelly

Charles Winninger
as Michael Noonan

Douglas McPhail
as Dennis Fogarty

Arthur Shields
as Timothy Fogarty

Rita Page
as Mary Fogarty

Forrester Harvey
as Moriarity

James Burke
as Sergeant McGowan

George Watts
as Keevan

Ernie Alexander
as Expectant Father (uncredited)