Thérèse Liotard as Suzanne

Valérie Mairesse as Pauline aka Pomme

Robert Dadiès as Jérôme

Mona Mairesse as Pomme's Mother

Francis Lemaire as Pomme's Father

François Courbin as Mathieu (9 months)

Salomé Wimille as Marie (3 years)

Nicole Clément as Philosophy Teacher

Patricia Cartier as Chorus Friend

Sapho as Painted Chorus Girl

Dane Porret as Rocker Yéyé

Françoise Bette as Concierge

Fred Maubert as Commissioner

Gisèle Halimi as Gisèle Halimi

Dominique Ducros as Marie (13 years)

Ali Rafie as Darius

François Gibert as François I, the Guitarist

Marion Hänsel as Pregnant Tightrope Walker

Jean Van Der Swalnen as Suzanne's Father

Gilette Barbier as Suzanne's Mother

Isabelle Eduards as Marie (5 years)

Frédéric Boyot as Mathieu (2½ years)

Gilberte Sallé as Social Worker

Élise as The One with Stage Fright

Jean-Pierre Pellegrin as Dr. Pierre Aubanel

Laurent Plagne as Mathieu (11 and 15 years)

Bénédicte Charonnet as Carla, Marie's Friend

Evelyne Tonietto as Evelyne (Planning)

Élise Beltrame as Élise

Josette as Waitress

Lucia as The One Who Doesn't Know

Elsa as The One Who Tells Suzanne Off

Jeanine Braendlin as The One Who Challenges the Song

Joëlle Papineau as Joëlle

Micou Papineau as Micou

Doudou Greffier as Doudou

François Wertheimer as François II, the Flutist

Mathieu Demy as Zorro, his Son

Laetitia Rojas as Suzanne (2 years)

Rosalie Varda as Marie (17 years)

Agnès Varda as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)