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CRIME

DRAMA

After her unfaithful husband leaves her, Mildred Pierce proves she can become independent and successful. However winning the approval of her spoiled daughter proves a greater challenge.

name	character
Bill Alcorn	Soldier (uncredited)
Betty Alexander	Party Guest (uncredited)
Ramsay Ames	Party Guest (uncredited)
George Anderson	Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)
Eve Arden	Ida Corwin
Robert Arthur	High School Boy (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett	Waitress (uncredited)
Leah Baird	Police Matron (uncredited)
Dorothy Barrett	Dorothy (uncredited)
Bruce Bennett	Albert 'Bert' Pierce
Ann Blyth	Veda Pierce Forrester
Veda Ann Borg	Miriam Ellis
Barbara Brown	Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)
Claire Carleton	Thieving Waitress (uncredited)
Doria Caron	Waitress (uncredited)
Jack Carson	Wally Fay
Wheaton Chambers	Personnel Man (uncredited)
Wallis Clark	Wally's Lawyer (uncredited)
Chester Clute	Mr. Jones (uncredited)
John Compton	Theodore 'Ted' Ellison Forrester (uncredited)
Joyce Compton	Waitress (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper	Policeman (uncredited)
David Cota	Pancho (uncredited)
Joan Crawford	Mildred Pierce
Tom Dillon	Policeman (uncredited)
James Flavin	Detective (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Angela Greene	Party Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack	Little Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Stuart Hull	First Night Diner With Cane (uncredited)
Charles Jordan	Policeman (uncredited)
Marjorie Kane	Waitress (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey	Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Richard Kipling	Personnel Man (uncredited)
Manart Kippen	Dr. Gale (uncredited)
Marion Lessing	Waitress (uncredited)
Jimmy Lono	Monte's Houseboy (uncredited)
Jean Lorraine	Woman (uncredited)
Jo Ann Marlowe	Kay Pierce
Butterfly McQueen	Lottie (uncredited)
George Meader	Man (uncredited)
Harold Miller	Man (uncredited)
Jack Mower	Jack the Mailman (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor	First Night Diner (uncredited)
Moroni Olsen	Inspector Peterson
Garry Owen	Policeman on Pier (uncredited)
Paul Panzer	Waiter (uncredited)
Lee Patrick	Maggie Biederhof
Larry Rio	Reporter (uncredited)
William Ruhl	Personnel Man (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre	Diner Customer (uncredited)
Zachary Scott	Monte Beragon
Mary Servoss	Nurse (uncredited)
George Tobias	Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge	Mrs. Forrester's Lawyer (uncredited)
Johnny Walsh	Delivery Man (uncredited)
Joan Winfield	Piano Teacher (uncredited)

name
James M. Cain	writer (original)
Michael Curtiz	director
Hugo Friedhofer	composer
Ranald MacDougall	screenplay
Max Steiner	composer
Jerry Wald	producer

year	award	category	name
1945	Academy Award	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Joan Crawford