| Cecilia Helen | Abbott | Rose's daughter. aka: Sissy. |
| Wilson | Abbott | Rose's good friend. aka Son. |
| Gary | Allbrittan | One of Son's friends. |
| | Bernard | A priest. |
| George | Clatterbuck | June's father. |
| June | Clatterbuck | Son's friend. |
| Martha Rose | Clinton | Secretary at Simms Candy factory. |
| Thomas | Clinton | Rose's husband. |
| Robert | De Niro | American actor, director and producer. |
| Jose | Diaz | An employee of Big Jimmy's Restaurant. |
| Sam | Dixon | One of Son's fellow marines. |
| Mr. | Franklin | School principal. |
| Ava | Gardner | American actress. |
| Adolf | Hitler | The leader of the Nazi Party to become
dictator of Germany. |
| Carrie | Holcome | The girl who was found dead in an alley. |
| Andy | LeBlanc | Sissy's acquaintance. |
| Mr. | Lipton | Rose's mother's friend. |
| Joe | Logan | One of Son's friends. |
| Bill | Lovell | The corporal of the guard. |
| Mrs. | Marnez | One of Rose's acquaintances. |
| Lewis | Nelson | Horse breeder. |
| Louisa | Nelson | Lewis' wife. |
| | O'Donnell | Parish priest. |
| Al | Pacino | American actor and filmmaker. |
| Mr. | Price | Drugstore owner. |
| Mrs. | Price | Mr. Price's wife. |
| Dr. | Smith | Cecilia's physician. |
| Mrs. | Stewart | Cecilia's mother. |
| Jim | Thompson | The stranger who helped Son. |
| Randy | Todd | One of Son's friends. |
| Alice | | One of the pregnant girls. Sissy's friend. |
| Angela | | Rose's roommate. aka: Angie. |
| Beatrice | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Bernadette | | A nun. |
| Betty | | The salesgirl who liked Dee. |
| Billy | | Rose's new acquaintance. |
| Calvin | | Rose's father. |
| Cecilia | | Son's ex-girlfriend. |
| Charlotte | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Cheryl | | One of Sissy's acquaintances. |
| Clara | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Corinne | | Mother superior. |
| Dee | | One of Son's fellow marines. |
| Duane 1 | | Angie's boyfriend. |
| Duane 2 | | Angie's son. |
| Dwight | | Station attendant. |
| Evangeline | | One of the nuns. |
| Helen 1 | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Helen 2 | | Rose's mother. |
| Henry | | One of Rose's acquaintances. |
| Hirohito | | Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989. |
| Homer | | Lorraine's boyfriend. |
| Jim | | One of Son's fellow marines. |
| Joe | | Rose's mother's boyfriend. |
| Loella | | Lorraine's roommate. |
| Lolly | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Lorraine | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Louder | | One of Son's fellow marines. |
| Loyola | | One of the nuns. |
| Luanne | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Madonna | | American singer and songwriter. |
| Maria Theresa | | Sister Bernadette's penpal. |
| Martha | | Son's sister. |
| Mary Carol | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Mary Claire | | One of Sissy's acquaintances. |
| Mary Joseph | | A nun. |
| Nora | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Paula | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Penny | | Sister Evangeline's new girl. |
| Perry | | One of Son's fellow marines. |
| Pinsky | | One of Son's fellow marines. |
| Regina | | One of the pregnant girls. |
| Serena | | One of the nuns. |
| Sylvia | | Sissy's friend. |
