| 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. |
