Mildred Pierce

Mildred Pierce

Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!

1945•1h 51m•7.6/10

CrimeDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.6/10(436)

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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Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford

Mildred Pierce

Jack Carson

Jack Carson

Wally Fay

Zachary Scott

Zachary Scott

Monte Beragon

Eve Arden

Eve Arden

Ida Corwin

Ann Blyth

Ann Blyth

Veda Pierce Forrester

Bruce Bennett

Bruce Bennett

Albert 'Bert' Pierce

Lee Patrick

Lee Patrick

Maggie Biederhof

Moroni Olsen

Moroni Olsen

Inspector Peterson

Veda Ann Borg

Veda Ann Borg

Miriam Ellis

Jo Ann Marlowe

Jo Ann Marlowe

Kay Pierce

Butterfly McQueen

Butterfly McQueen

Lottie (uncredited)

Bill Alcorn

Soldier (uncredited)

Betty Alexander

Betty Alexander

Party Guest (uncredited)

Ramsay Ames

Ramsay Ames

Party Guest (uncredited)

George Anderson

Peterson's Assistant (uncredited)

Robert Arthur

Robert Arthur

High School Boy (uncredited)

Lynn Baggett

Lynn Baggett

Waitress (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Leah Baird

Police Matron (uncredited)

Dorothy Barrett

Dorothy (uncredited)

Barbara Brown

Barbara Brown

Mrs. Forrester (uncredited)

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