Mildred Pierce (1945) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Michael Curtiz.

Cast

• 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)

Crew

• Michael Curtiz — Director
• Ranald MacDougall — Screenplay
• Jerry Wald — Producer
• Max Steiner — Original Music Composer
• Ernest Haller — Director of Photography
• James M. Cain — Novel

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