| | Carroll |
Byrd | The woman Jenny's father had an affair with. |
| | Elizabeth |
Taylor | Actress. |
| | Mike |
Todd | Elizabeth's husband. Died in a private plane accident. |
| | Liza |
| Elizabeth's baby. |
| | Ava |
Gardner | Actress. Frank's ex-wife. |
| | Frank |
Sinatra | Singer. Ava's ex-husband. |
| | Walter |
Chiari | Italian actor. The reason Ava divroced Frank. |
| | Shelley |
Winter | Actress. Anthony's wife. |
| | Anthony |
Franciosa | Actor. Shelley's husband. |
| | Jenny |
| Protagonist. |
| | Billie |
Rutledge | Jenny's mother. |
| | John Fitzhugh JR. |
Dale | Jenny's father. A naval officer. Now a lawyer. |
| | Bobby |
Burkes | Billie's ex. Tried to hang himself the night before Billie and John's wedding. AKA: Bobby "Too Tall" Burkes. |
| | Smedes |
Black | A Phi Delt from UVA. |
| | Parker |
Winthrop | A Sigma Chi at W and L. |
| | Grace |
Metalious | Author. |
| | Old Man |
Byrd | County Judge for 40 years. Carroll's father. |
| |
| | The Ivy House - A vine-covered mansion outside of town where Judge Byrd resided. |
| | Jinx |
| Jenny's cousin. |
| | Roger |
Ainsley | The coolest guy in Jenny's school. |
| | Mr. |
Bondurant | Whips his big son with a belt. |
| | Earl |
Bondurant | Mr. Bondurant's son. Enlisted in the army. |
| | Emily |
Horn | Fourth-grade teacher. |
| | Mrs. Cecil |
Hertz | Mr. Cecil Hertz's wife. |
| | Mr. Cecil |
Hertz | Mrs. Cecil Hertz's husband. |
| | Norman |
Estep | Hired the knock down the walls and paint The Ivy House. |
| | Susan |
Blackwelder | Had a miscarriage, then fell into depression. |
| | Mr. |
Bishop | Retired and sold his downtown commercial hotel. |
| | Lavinia |
Doolittle | Died from taking Communion at the altar in the Episcopal church. |
| | Buddy |
Womble | A boy from Jenny's class. |
| |
| | Dale Industries - John's father's company. |
| | Gregory |
Peck | The guy John looked a lot like. |
| | Chloe |
| Jenny's shy, old maiden aunt. Had polio. |
| | Ernestine |
Dale | Jenny's grandmother. |
| | Judy Dale |
Tuttle Miller Hall | Jenny's silly aunt who had one crazy marriage after another. |
| | Tom |
Burlington | Caroline's husband. One of the people Jenny was in love with. |
| | Caroline |
| Jenny's sister. |
| | Beth |
| Jenny's eldest sister. |
| | Troy |
Donahue | The guy Tom looked a lot like. |
| | Mason |
| Billie's baby brother. |
| | Gloria |
| One of the women Mason married. Has three children. |
| | Stevie |
Burns | The guy who promised Jinx he'd call over the weekend. |
| | Clyde |
Vereen | The family minister. |
| | Dr. |
Nevins | Billie's doctor. |
| | George |
Long | Aunt Judy's friend. |
| | Mr. |
Joines | The undertaker. |
| | Mr. |
Kinney | John's right-hand man and foreman. |
| | Dot |
| The family maid. |
| | Buffy |
| Billie's friend. |
| | Bitsy |
| Billie's friend. |
| | Helen |
| Billie's friend. |
| | Jane Ann |
| Billie's friend. |
| | Judy |
Garland | Actress. |
| | Sid |
Luft | Judy's husband. |
| | Cary |
Grant | One half of "The Ideal Couple". |
| | Betsy |
Drake | One half of "The Ideal Couple". |
| | Jean |
Seberg | Actress. |
| | Tyrone |
Powers | Married Debbie in a little chapel in her hometown. |
| | Debbie |
Minardos | Tyrone's wife. |
| | Grace |
Kelly | Had a fairytale wedding to Prince Rainier. |
| | Prince |
Rainier | Grace's husband. |
| | Robert |
Wagner | Natalie's husband. |
| | Natalie |
Wood | Robert's wife. |
| | Janet |
Leigh | In love with Tony. |
| | Tony |
Curtis | In love with Janet. |
| | Kim |
Novak | Dating Sammy. |
| | Sammy JR |
Davis | Dating Kim. |
| | Marilyn |
Monroe | Artist. Married Arthur. |
| | Arthur |
Miller | Marilyn's husband. |
| | Bennett |
Cerf | The smartest in What's My Line? |
| | Glenda |
| Billie's cousin. |
| | Mr. |
Johnson | The substitute teacher. |
| | Raymond |
| Glenda's husband. |
| | Rayette |
| Jenny's model cousin. |
| | Leonard |
Pipkin | The boy who needed an artificial leg. |
| | Harlan |
Boyd | The star football player. |
| | Susan (2) |
| Was in the bake sale. |
| | Peter |
| Was in the bake sale. |
| | Henry |
Flagler | Started the railroad in 1905. |
| | Humphrey |
Bogart | Lauren's true love. |
| | Lauren |
Bacall | Humphrey's last love. |
| | Clark |
Gable | Loved Carole even after that tragic plane crash. |
| | Carole |
Lombard | Clark's love. |
| | Spencer |
Tracy | Loved Katherine Hepburn but never married her. |
| | Katherine |
Hepburn | Artist. |
| | Batista |
| A dictator who's been ousted. |
| | Fidel |
Castro | Rebel leader. |
| | Dina |
Merrill | Artist. |
| | Tony |
Curtis | Voted Most Popular Young Actor in Hollywood. |
| | Kelly |
| Janet Leigh's child. |
| | Jamie |
| Janet Leigh's child. |
| | Cary |
Grant | The biggest star in Hollywood for Billie and Jenny. |
| | Sophia |
Lauren | Whom Cary has an affair with. |
| | Rudy |
| The motel manager. |
| | Rocco |
Bacco | Cary's chauffeur. |
| | Ronnie |
Tuttle | Aunt Judy's first husband. |
| | Luisa |
| High school girl from the club. AKA: Candy Love. |
| | Rosa |
| High school girl from the club. AKA: Nookie. |
| | Red |
| The older woman looking after Luisa and Rosa. |
