Maggie Smith as Mrs Mabel Pettigrew

Michael Hordern as Godfrey Colston

Renée Asherson as Charmian Colston

Stephanie Cole as Dame Lettie Colston

Thora Hird as Jean Taylor

Maurice Denham as Guy Leet

John Wood as Ex-Inspector Henry Mortimer

Zoë Wanamaker as Olive Mannering

Peter Eyre as Eric Colston

Cyril Cusack as Percy Mannering

Jacqueline Leonard as Gwen, Dame Lettie's Maid

Elizabeth Bradley as Mrs Anthony

Margery Withers as Grannie Barnacle

Mary Healey as Ward Sister

Robert Flemyng as Ronald Sidebottome

Barbara Hicks as Tempest Sidebottome

Damaris Hayman as Miss Lottinville

Preston Lockwood as Deaf Old Man

Arthur Hewlett as Ancient Man

John Baskcomb as Fat Old Man

Jan Carey as Tea Shop Manageress

Leonard Maguire as Mr Willoughby

Muriel Pavlow as Grannie Valvona

Martina Stanley as Nurse Lucy

Richard Lawry as Photographer

Dominic Taylor as Young Journalist

Terence Soall as Publisher

Walter Sparrow as Stall Holder

Andrew Charleson as Policeman

Anna Cropper as Mrs Mortimer

Frank Shelley as The Stranger

Paul Opacic as Jeff

Aimée Delamain as Ambulatory Grannie

Emma Richler as Young Nurse

Alan Leith as Detective

Hilda Sachs as Tea Room Trio

Brenda Cullity as Tea Room Trio

Brigitte Loesser as Tea Room Trio