Giulietta Masina

Gelsomina

Anthony Quinn

Zampanò

Richard Basehart

Il 'Matto'

Aldo Silvani

Il Signor Giraffa

Marcella Rovere

La Vedova

Livia Venturini

La Suorina

Pietro Ceccarelli

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Giovanna Galli

Prostitute at the Inn (uncredited)

Gustavo Giorgi

(uncredited)

Yami Kamadeva

Prostitute (uncredited)

Mario Passante

Waiter (uncredited)

Anna Primula

Gelsomina's Mother (uncredited)

Alexandre Trannoy

Juggler (uncredited)

Goffredo Unger

Man Restraining Zampano from Attacking (uncredited)

Nazzareno Zamperla

Man Restraining Zampano from Attacking (uncredited)

Arnoldo Foà

Zampanò (Voice) (Uncredited)