Pro | Siddalee | Walker | Protagonist. A director. Aka: Sidda, Madame Voilanska. |
| Viviane J. A. | Walker | Sidda's mother. Was reported as tap-dancing abuser. |
| | | The Ya-Ya Rabilia - Vivi's gang of girlfriends. |
| Billie | Holiday | An American singer. |
1 | Roberta | Lydell | A theatre critic who interviewed Sidda. |
| Hueylene | | Sidda's dog. |
| Connor | McGill | Sidda's fiancee. |
| Huey | Long | Former Governor of Louisiana. |
| May | Sorenson | The playwright. The Protagonist on the play that Sidda directed. |
| Wade | Coenen | Connor's bestfriend. A theatre costume designer. |
| Shepley James | Walker Sr. | Sidda's father. Aka: Big Shep. |
| Shepley James | Walker Jr. | Sidda's brother. Aka: Little Shep. |
| Talullah | Walker | Sidda's sister. Aka: Lulu. |
| Baylor | Walker | Sidda's baby brother. |
| Clare | Booth-Luce | Former U.S. Congressman. |
| Caroline E. B. | Brewster | Vivi's bestfriend. One of the Ya-Yas. |
| Denise R. K. | Ogden | Vivi's friend. One of the Ya-Yas. |
| Aimee Malissa | W. Claiborne | Vivi's friend. |
2 | Shirley | | Teensy's maid. |
| | | The Betty Ford Center - The Ya-Ya's lexicon. |
| Mary K. B. | Abbott | Vivi's mother. |
| Taylor Charles | Abbott | Vivi's father. |
4 | Martha | Graham | An American dancer. |
| Genevieve | St. Whitman | Teensy's mother. |
| Newton | Whitman III | Teensy's father. |
5 | M'lain | Chauvin | Sidda's friend. |
| Henry | Ruth | The nun at Sidda's former school. |
| Annie | Oakley | An American sharpshooter. |
| Marlene | Dietrich | An American actress. |
| Rodney | Marie | One of the nuns at Sidda's former school. |
| Walt | Whitman | An American poet. |
| Dr. | Mott | The doctor in Pecan. |
| Blaine | Brewster | Caro's husband. |
| Chick | Claiborne | Teensy's husband. |
| Jacques | Claiborne | Chick and Teensy's son. |
| Genny | Claiborne | Chick and Teensy's daughter. |
| | | The Petite Ya-Yas - Son and daughters of The Ya-Yas. |
6 | Mia | Farrow | A woman who was accused by the Ya-Yas of imitating Vivi. |
| Claude | Hoviet | The perfumier in the French quarter. |
7 | Miss | Beverly | Owner of a beauty parlor. |
| Lowell | Bennett | Caro's brother. |
| Newton J. | Whitman | Teensy's brother. Deceased. Aka: Jack. |
| Robert | Bennett | Caro's father. Aka: Mr. Bob. |
| | | The Bob- Mr. Bob's theatre. |
| Shirley | Temple | An American actress. |
| Lance | Lacey | The judge in the Shirley Temple constest. Aka: Mr. Hollywood. |
| Bobby | Bennett | Caro's brother. |
| Pete | Abbott | Vivi's brother. |
8 | Father | Coughlin | The radio priest. |
| Delia | Abbott | Vivi's grandmother. |
| Ginger | | Delia's maid. |
| Lola | | The mother of the tribal Ya-Yas. A black she-ape. |
| The | Moon Lady | The protector of the Ya-Ya tribe. |
10 | George | Ogden | Necie's husband. |
| Liza | Ogden | George and Necie's daughter. |
| Joannie | Ogden | George and Necie's daughter. |
| Rose | Ogden | George and Necie's daughter. |
| Stephen | | Malissa's husband. |
| Vivien | Leigh | A film actress. |
| Louisse | Blaine | Teensy's aunt. |
| James | | Teensy's uncle. Louisse's husband. |
| Clark | Gable | An American film actor. |
| James | Blaine Jr. | Teensy's cousin. |
| Carole | Lombard | An American film actress. |
| Olivia | De Havilland | An Actress. |
| Collie | | Necie's uncle. |
| Margaret | Mitchell | An American novelist. |
| William | | Louisse's driver. |
11 | Wiletta | Lloyd | Black woman who raised her during most of her childhood. |
| Abby | Chauvin | M'lain Chauvin's mother. |
12 | Maurine | | Sidda's teacher. |
| Gertrude | Stein | An American novelist. |
14 | Alma | Ansell | Owner academy -
charm & beauty. Aka: Miss Alma Asshole. |
| Lizzie | Mitchell | A beauty care products representative. |
| Sam | Mitchell | Lizzie's husband. Deceased. |
| Chaney | | Willeta's husband. |
| Sam | Mitchell Jr. | Lizzie's son. |
| Jed | Mitchell | Lizzie's son. |
| Bobbie | | Lizzie's sister-in-law. |
| Lurleen | | Bobbie's girlfriend. |
16 | Eteinee | St. Clair | Genevieve's father. |
| Mr. | Charles | Lane Parker's uncle. |
| Mrs. | Charles | Lane Parker's aunt. |
| Lane | Parker | The Ya-Yas' schoolmate. |
| Jezie | Abbott | Vivi's sister. |
| Roscoe | Jenkins | A police officer. |
17 | Paul | Newman | The man Vivi is supposed to marry. |
| Joanne | Woodward | Paul's wife. |
| Richard | | Blaine's boyfriend. |
18 | Arthur | Miller | An American playwright. |
| Shawn | Kavanaugh | The aging ex-tv star. |
19 | Red | Beaumont | A man that Caro dated. |
20 | Mrs. | Rabelais | A member of Altar Society Women. |
21 | Anne | Snobby | Vivi's classmate. |
| Lee | Beaufort | Delia's friend. |
| Sister | Fermin | A religion teacher at St. Augustine. |
| Sister | Solange | A nun who nursed Vivi. |
| Father | O'Donagan | The priest in St. Augustine. |
| Anne | McWaters | Vivi's old rival. |
22 | Torie | | The massage therapist. |
25 | Melinda | | The baby nurse who nursed Baylor. |
| Dr. Beau | Poche | Baylor's doctor. |
| Mary | Lee | Ginger's granddaughter. |
| Mrs. | Boyette | Owner of a tailor shop. |
26 | Jeff | LeMoyne | The boy that Little Shep punched. |
29 | Lawanda | | The huge elephant in Garnet Parish.
Aka: The Magnificient. |
| Lyle | Johnson | The clerk at Shep's charge card station office. |
31 | Arthur Ochs | Sulzberger Jr. | The publisher of New York Times. |
32 | Thomas | LeCompte | Owner of Tante River House. |