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Mildred Pierce (1945)

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Please don't tell anyone what Mildred Pierce did!

A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Michael Curtiz
  • Profile picture of Joan Crawford
    Mildred Pierce Joan Crawford
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    Wally Fay Jack Carson
  • Profile picture of Zachary Scott
    Monte Beragon Zachary Scott
  • Profile picture of Eve Arden
    Ida Corwin Eve Arden
  • Profile picture of Ann Blyth
    Veda Pierce Forrester Ann Blyth
  • Profile picture of Bruce Bennett
    Albert 'Bert' Pierce Bruce Bennett
  • Profile picture of Lee Patrick
    Maggie Biederhof Lee Patrick
  • Profile picture of Moroni Olsen
    Inspector Peterson Moroni Olsen

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  • ex-husband ex-wife relationship
  • told in flashback
  • nightclub singer
  • mother daughter estrangement
  • business partner
  • ungrateful child
  • mother daughter relationship