| | | | Part 1 |
| 1 | Lou | Lebon | The Vignes Twin's neighbor. |
| | Desiree | Vignes | One of the Vignes Twins who married a black man. |
| | Stella | Vignes-Sanders | Desiree's twin. |
| | Alphonse | Decuir | Mallard's founder. |
| | Willie | Lee | The butcher. |
| | Fontenot | | The mayor. |
| | Father | Cavanaugh | Mallard's priest. |
| | Adele | Vignes | The Twins's mother. |
| | Sal | Delafosse | Lou's neighbor. |
| | Farrah | Thibodeaux | The girl who had fled to the city. |
| | Mrs. | Belton | Stella's teacher. |
| | Mrs. | Dupont | Vignes Twin's employer. |
| | Mr. | Dupont | Mrs. Dupont's husband. A banker. |
| | Jude | Vignes-Winston | Desiree's daughter. |
| | Sam | Winston | Desiree's husband. |
| | Roberta | | Desiree's friend. |
| | Leon | Vignes | Adele's husband. The Twins's father. |
| | Early | Jones | A hunter. Desiree's childhood friend. |
| | Big Ceel | | Early Jone's boss. Aka: Ceel Lewis, Clifton Lewis. |
| 2 | Bernice | LeGros | The seamstress. |
| | Willie | Lee | Leon's acquaintance. |
| | Madame | Theroux | Adele's friend. |
| | Marie | Vignes | The Twins's ancestor. |
| | Lorna | Herbert | The old barmaid. |
| | Johnny | Heroux | Desiree's former lover. |
| 3 | Mae | | The Twins's supervisor. |
| | Sophie | | The Twins's aunt. |
| | Dixie | Laundry | Stella's old friend. |
| | | | Part 2 |
| 4 | Lonnie | Goudeau | The varsity pitcher. |
| | Mr. | Yancy | Jude's teacher. |
| | Louisa | | Jude's friend. |
| | Coach | Weaver | Jude's coach. |
| | Dr. | Brenner | Adele's doctor. |
| | Reese | Carter | Jude's boyfriend. A transsexual. |
| | Erika | | Jude's roommate. |
| 5 | Barry | | Jude's friend. |
| | Luis | | Barry's friend. |
| | Jamie | | Barry's friend. |
| | Harry | | Barry's friend. |
| 6 | Jim | Cloud | A plastic surgeon. |
| | Scooter | | Barry's cousin. |
| | Carla | Stewart | Scooter's boss. |
| | Mr. | Hardison | Jude's retiring man. |
| | | | Part 3 |
| 7 | Percy | White | The current president of the Homeowners association. |
| | Dale | Johansen | Board member of the Homeowners association. |
| | Tom | Pearson | Board member of the Homeowners association. |
| | Cath | Johansen | Board member of the Homeowners association. |
| | Betsy | Roberts | An economics major. |
| | Blake | Sanders | Stella's husband. |
| | Wilma | | Blake's colored nanny. |
| | Kennedy | Sanders | Blake and Stella's
daughter. |
| | Yolanda | | Blake's maid. |
| | Principal | Stanley | The school principal. |
| | Deborah | Lawson | Stella's neighbor. |
| | Hector | Lawson | Deborah's husband. |
| | Fred | | Blake's friend. |
| 8 | Reginald | Walker | Blake's new neighbor. |
| | Loretta | Walker | Reginald's wife. |
| | Tommy | Taylor | A police sergeant. |
| | Bob | Hawthorne | A dentist. |
| | Marge | Hawthorne | Bob's wife. |
| | Lynn | | The girl from Oklahoma. |
| | Percy | White | An association president. |
| | Lynn | White | Percy's wife. |
| | Belinda | Cooper | Loretta's girlfriend. |
| | Mary | Butler | One of Loretta's girlfriends. |
| | Eunice | | Loretta's friend. |
| | Cindy | | One of Loretta's friends. |
| 9 | Carol | | Mr. Reed's associate. |
| | Jimbo | | An Ugly Black Doll. |
| | Rosalee | | Stella's piglet. |
| | | | Part 4 |
| 11 | Peg | Davis | Stella's faculty mentor. |
| | Mr. | Park | The owner of Park's Korean Barbecue. Jude's boss. |
| 13 | Doug | | The director. |
| | | | Part 5 |
| 14 | Frantz | | Kennedy's boyfriend. |
| 15 | Lance | Garrison | Kennedy's actor boyfriend. |
| | Pam | Reed | Kennedy's friend. |
| | Robert | | Kennedy's real estate boss. |
| | | | Part 6 |
| 17 | Freddy | | The dead man. |
