Bette Davis as Maggie Patterson Van Allen

Mary Astor as Sandra Kovak

George Brent as Peter 'Pete' Van Allen

Lucile Watson as Aunt Ada Greenfield

Hattie McDaniel as Violet

Grant Mitchell as Joshua Mason

Jerome Cowan as Jock Thompson

Charles Trowbridge as Senator Ted Greenfield

Thurston Hall as Oscar Worthington James

Russell Hicks as Colonel Harriston

Virginia Brissac as Sadie

J. Farrell MacDonald as Dr. Ferguson

Addison Richards as Mr. Talbot

Sam McDaniel as Jefferson Washington

Gino Corrado as Concert Hall Reception Waiter (uncredited)

Sam Harris as Club Patron (uncredited)

Doris Lloyd as Sandra's Maid Bertha (uncredited)

George H. Reed as Senator Greenfield's Butler (uncredited)

Cyril Ring as Harry Anderson (uncredited)

Ernestine Wade as Singing Extra (uncredited)

Herschel Graham as Club Patron (uncredited)