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)

John Compton
Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)

Joyce Compton
Waitress (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper
Policeman (uncredited)

Tom Dillon
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)