朱迪·霍利德 Judy Holliday/迪恩·马丁 Dean Martin/弗雷德·克拉克 Fred Clark/小艾迪·佛伊 Eddie Foy Jr./珍·斯泰普尔顿 Jean Stapleton/Ruth Storey/Dort Clark/弗兰克·乔辛 Frank Gorshin/Ralph Roberts/Valerie Allen
Ella Peterson is a Brooklyn telephone answering service operator who tries to improve the lives of her clients by passing along bits of information she hears from other clients. She falls in love with one of her clients, the playwright Jeffrey Moss, and is determined to meet him. The trouble is, on the phone to him, she always pretends to be an old woman whom he calls "Mom."