| Ruby-Alice | Akers | Torie's neighbor. |
| Fred | Astaire | An American dancer, actor, singer, choreographer and presenter. |
| Warren | Beatty | American actor and filmmaker. |
| Edgar | Bergen | An American ventriloquist, actor, vaudevillian and radio performer. |
| Dr. | Bernett | Mrs. Bernett's husband. |
| Mrs. | Bernett | Torie's acquaintance. |
| Mr. | Chapman | A grocery owner. |
| Mr. | Clifton | Torie's acquaintance. |
| Ed | Cooper | A realtor. |
| Forrest | Davis | Mr. Nash new helper. |
| Olivia | de Havilland | A British-American actress. |
| Matthew | Dunlap | Torie's acquaintance. aka: Matty. |
| Millie | Dunlap | Mr. Dunlap's wife. |
| Erroll | Flynn | An Australian-American actor. |
| Greer | Garson | A British-American actress and singer. |
| Seymour | Greeley | A professor. aka: Greeney. |
| Lila | Harding | Former owner of the house. |
| Mr. | Harding | Lila's husband. |
| Mr. | Jernigan | A store owner. |
| John F. | Kennedy | The 35th U.S. President. |
| Martin Luther | King Jr. | American Baptist minister. |
| Louise | Landon | A school secretary. |
| Albert | Martindell | Ezra's father. |
| Ezra | Martindell | A law officer in Iola. |
| Mr. | Massey | A banker. |
| Charlie | McCarthy | Edgar Bergen's beloved puppet. |
| Cora | Mitchell | Torie's neighbor. |
| Wilson | Moon | Torie's lover. aka: Wil. |
| Hollis Henry | Nash | Torie's grandfather. |
| Mr. | Nash | Torie's father. |
| Victoria | Nash | The protagonist in the story. aka: Torie. |
| Chet | Oakley | One of Holden's brothers. |
| Holden | Oakley | Seth's acquaintance. |
| Ray | Oakley | One of Holden's brothers. |
| Basil | Rathbone | A South African-born English actor. |
| Franklin D. | Roosevelt | The 32nd U.S. President. |
| Inga | Tate | One who took care of Torie's son. |
| Paul Ray | Tate | Inga Tate's husband. |
| Emmett | Till | African-American boy who was abducted & lynched in Mississippi. |
| Reverend | Whitt | A preacher. |
| Inga Sabrina | Zimmerman | Full name of Inga Tate. |
| Abel | | A horse. |
| Baby Blue | | Torie's son. |
| Calamus | | Torie's cousin. |
| Cara | | One of Max's girls. |
| Carlos | | Torie's neighbor's son. |
| Jane | | One of Max's girls. |
| Jillian | | One of Max's girls. |
| Jimmy | | Ogden's brother. |
| Jimmy | | Lukas' acquaintance. |
| Joan | | One of Max's girls. |
| Joseph | | Ed and Zelda Cooper's son. |
| Kelly | | One of Max's girls. |
| Lisa | | One of Max's girls. |
| Lukas | | Torie's child's name. aka: Luke. |
| Lyle | | A sheriff. |
| Mad Myrtle | | Seth's neighbor. |
| Marguerite | | One of Max's girls. |
| Maxwell | | Inga and Paul Ray's son. aka: Max. |
| Ogden | | Torie's uncle. aka: Og. |
| Seth | | Torie's brother. |
| Trout | | A dog. |
| Vivian | | Ogden's wife. |
| Zelda | | Ed Cooper's wife. |
