Brenda Blethyn as Betty Rhys-Jones

Alfred Molina as Boris Plots

Christopher Walken as Frank Featherbed

Naomi Watts as Meredith Mainwaring

Robert Pugh as Hugh Rhys-Jones

Hannah Higgins as Young Betty

Joshua Jenkins as Young Boris

Shaun Phillips as Young Hugh

Menna Trussler as Dilys Rhys-Jones

Jerry Springer as Himself

Lee Evans as Delbert Butterfield

Lennie Huhtala as Albert Pontefreece

Padrig Owen Jones as Willie

Miriam Margolyes as Thelma & Selma

Stan Stennett as Albert Edwards

Enid Nelmes as Elsie Edwards

Noel Williams as Star Trek Funeral Minister

Robert Page as Bob Murdock

Peggy Mason as Mourner #1

Stevie Parry as Mourner #2

Dawn Pritchard as Vegas Showgirl #1

Louise Hopkins as Vegas Showgirl #2

Ena Cohen as Candace Pontefreece

Maggs Harries as Piano Player

Howell Evans as Dr. Owen

Pat Kane as Kindly Old Lady

Malcolm Cousins as Reverend Price

Dafydd Hywel as Gravedigger

Beverly Hotsprings as Andrea Cass (uncredited)

Dafydd Wyn Roberts as Pharmacist (uncredited)