Joan Crawford as Mildred Pierce

Jack Carson as Wally Fay

Zachary Scott as Monte Beragon

Eve Arden as Ida Corwin

Ann Blyth as Veda Pierce Forrester

Bruce Bennett as Albert 'Bert' Pierce

Lee Patrick as Maggie Biederhof

Moroni Olsen as Inspector Peterson

Veda Ann Borg as Miriam Ellis

Jo Ann Marlowe as Kay Pierce

Butterfly McQueen as Lottie (uncredited)

Bill Alcorn as Soldier (uncredited)

Betty Alexander as Party Guest (uncredited)

Ramsay Ames as Party Guest (uncredited)

George Anderson as Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)

Robert Arthur as High School Boy (uncredited)

Lynn Baggett as Waitress (uncredited)

Leah Baird as Police Matron (uncredited)

Dorothy Barrett as Dorothy (uncredited)

Barbara Brown as Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)

Claire Carleton as Thieving Waitress (uncredited)

Doria Caron as Waitress (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers as Personnel Man (uncredited)

Wallis Clark as Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)

Chester Clute as Mr. Jones (uncredited)

John Compton as Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)

Joyce Compton as Waitress (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper as Policeman (uncredited)

David Cota as Pancho (uncredited)

Tom Dillon as Policeman (uncredited)

James Flavin as Detective (uncredited)

Bess Flowers as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Angela Greene as Party Guest (uncredited)

Dorothy Hack as Little Girl (uncredited)

Arthur Stuart Hull as First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)

Charles Jordan as Policeman (uncredited)

Marjorie Kane as Waitress (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

Richard Kipling as Personnel Man (uncredited)

Manart Kippen as Dr. Gale (uncredited)

Marion Lessing as Waitress (uncredited)

Jimmy Lono as Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)

Jean Lorraine as Woman (uncredited)

George Meader as Man (uncredited)

Harold Miller as Man (uncredited)

Jack Mower as Jack the Mailman (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor as First Night Diner (uncredited)

Garry Owen as Policeman on Pier (uncredited)

Paul Panzer as Waiter (uncredited)

Larry Rio as Reporter (uncredited)

William Ruhl as Personnel Man (uncredited)

Jeffrey Sayre as Diner Customer (uncredited)

Mary Servoss as Nurse (uncredited)

George Tobias as Mr. Chris (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge as Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)

Johnny Walsh as Delivery Man (uncredited)

Joan Winfield as Piano Teacher (uncredited)

John Christian as Singing Teacher (uncredited)