"Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!"

1945

1h 51m

7.6(419 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

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Cast & Crew

58 members

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Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

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Jack Carson

Wally Fay

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Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon

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Eve Arden

Ida Corwin

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Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce Forrester

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Bruce Bennett

Albert 'Bert' Pierce

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Lee Patrick

Maggie Biederhof

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Moroni Olsen

Inspector Peterson

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Veda Ann Borg

Miriam Ellis

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Jo Ann Marlowe

Kay Pierce

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Butterfly McQueen

Lottie (uncredited)

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Bill Alcorn

Soldier (uncredited)

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Betty Alexander

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Ramsay Ames

Party Guest (uncredited)

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George Anderson

Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)

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Robert Arthur

High School Boy (uncredited)

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Lynn Baggett

Waitress (uncredited)

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Leah Baird

Police Matron (uncredited)

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Dorothy Barrett

Dorothy (uncredited)

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Barbara Brown

Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)

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Claire Carleton

Thieving Waitress (uncredited)

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Doria Caron

Waitress (uncredited)

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Wheaton Chambers

Personnel Man (uncredited)

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Wallis Clark

Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)

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Chester Clute

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

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John Compton

Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)

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Joyce Compton

Waitress (uncredited)

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Clancy Cooper

Policeman (uncredited)

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David Cota

Pancho (uncredited)

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Tom Dillon

Policeman (uncredited)

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James Flavin

Detective (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

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Angela Greene

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Dorothy Hack

Little Girl (uncredited)

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Arthur Stuart Hull

First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)

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Charles Jordan

Policeman (uncredited)

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Marjorie Kane

Waitress (uncredited)

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Fred Kelsey

Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

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Richard Kipling

Personnel Man (uncredited)

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Manart Kippen

Dr. Gale (uncredited)

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Marion Lessing

Waitress (uncredited)

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Jimmy Lono

Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)

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Jean Lorraine

Woman (uncredited)

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George Meader

Man (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Man (uncredited)

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Jack Mower

Jack the Mailman (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

First Night Diner (uncredited)

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Garry Owen

Policeman on Pier (uncredited)

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Paul Panzer

Waiter (uncredited)

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Larry Rio

Reporter (uncredited)

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William Ruhl

Personnel Man (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Diner Customer (uncredited)

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Mary Servoss

Nurse (uncredited)

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George Tobias

Mr. Chris (uncredited)

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Charles Trowbridge

Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)

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Johnny Walsh

Delivery Man (uncredited)

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Joan Winfield

Piano Teacher (uncredited)

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John Christian

Singing Teacher (uncredited)

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