Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

Jack Carson

Wally Fay

Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon

Eve Arden

Ida Corwin

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce Forrester

Bruce Bennett

Albert 'Bert' Pierce

Lee Patrick

Maggie Biederhof

Moroni Olsen

Inspector Peterson

Veda Ann Borg

Miriam Ellis

Jo Ann Marlowe

Kay Pierce

Butterfly McQueen

Lottie (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ramsay Ames

Party Guest (uncredited)

Robert Arthur

High School Boy (uncredited)

Lynn Baggett

Waitress (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Police Matron (uncredited)

Barbara Brown

Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)

Claire Carleton

Thieving Waitress (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Personnel Man (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)

Chester Clute

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Joyce Compton

Waitress (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Policeman (uncredited)

James Flavin

Detective (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Angela Greene

Party Guest (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull

First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)

Charles Jordan

Policeman (uncredited)

Marjorie Kane

Waitress (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey

Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

Marion Lessing

Waitress (uncredited)

George Meader

Man (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Man (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Jack the Mailman (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

First Night Diner (uncredited)

Garry Owen

Policeman on Pier (uncredited)

Paul Panzer

Waiter (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre

Diner Customer (uncredited)

Mary Servoss

Nurse (uncredited)

George Tobias

Mr. Chris (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge

Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)

Joan Winfield

Piano Teacher (uncredited)