The Women
7.071
133 minutes
9/1/1939
Overview
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Cast List
Norma Shearer
as Mary Haines
Joan Crawford
as Crystal Allen
Rosalind Russell
as Sylvia Fowler
Mary Boland
as The Countess De Lave
Paulette Goddard
as Miriam Aarons
Joan Fontaine
as Peggy Day
Lucile Watson
as Mrs. Morehead
Phyllis Povah
as Edith Potter
Virginia Weidler
as Little Mary
Marjorie Main
as Lucy
Virginia Grey
as Pat
Ruth Hussey
as Miss Wattson
Muriel Hutchison
as Jane
Hedda Hopper
as Dolly Dupuyster
Florence Nash
as Nancy Blake
Cora Witherspoon
as Mrs. Van Adams
Ann Morriss
as Exercise Instructress
Dennie Moore
as Olga
Mary Cecil
as Maggie
Mary Beth Hughes
as Miss Trimmerback
Dorothy Adams
as Miss Atkinson (uncredited)
Ruth Alder
as Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)
Mariska Aldrich
as Singing Teacher (uncredited)
Meeka Aldrich
as Masseuse (uncredited)
Barbara Jo Allen
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Judith Allen
as Corset Model (uncredited)
Maude Allen
as Cyclist (uncredited)
Effie Anderson
as Nurse (uncredited)
Mary Anderson
as Young Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Appleby
as Treatment Girl (uncredited)
Diana Arden
as Model in Fashion Show (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
as Mud Bath Nurse (uncredited)
Bunny Beatty
as Debutante in Powder Room (uncredited)
May Beatty
as Fat Woman / Society Woman (uncredited)
Wilda Bennett
as Mrs. Carter (uncredited)
Joan Blair
as Miss Atkins (uncredited)
Gladys Blake
as Miss St. Claire (uncredited)
Marie Blake
as Stockroom Girl (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
as Mrs. South (uncredited)
May Boley
as Mud Mask (uncredited)
Lilian Bond
as Mrs. Erskine (uncredited)
Frederika Brown
as Head Saleswoman (uncredited)
Veda Buckland
as Woman (uncredited)
Aileen Carlyle
as Miss Hicks (uncredited)
Lucia Carroll
as Treatment Girl (uncredited)
Shirley Chambers
as Girl in a Bath (uncredited)
Lita Chevret
as Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)
Dora Clement
as Woman Under Sunlamp (uncredited)
Mabel Colcord
as Woman Getting Massage (uncredited)
Beatrice Cole
as Negligee Model (uncredited)
Mildred Coles
as Debutante (uncredited)
Nell Craig
as Nurse (uncredited)
Esther Dale
as Ingrid (uncredited)
Mary Dees
as Girl (uncredited)
Eva Dennison
as Old Girl (uncredited)
Estelle Etterre
as Hairdresser #2 (uncredited)
Dot Farley
as Large Woman (uncredited)
Nance Lee Ferrar
as Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Flora Finch
as Woman Window Tapper (uncredited)
Ruth Findlay
as Pedicurist (uncredited)
Agnes Fraser
as Debutante (uncredited)
June Gittelson
as Mrs. Goldstein (uncredited)
Grace Goodall
as Head Saleswoman (uncredited)
Rita Gould
as Dietician (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton
as Dowager in Powder Room (uncredited)
Sibyl Harris
as Fashion Show Commentator (uncredited)
Theresa Harris
as Olive (uncredited)
Winifred Harris
as Mrs. North / Society Woman (uncredited)
Grace Hayle
as Cyclist (uncredited)
Brenda Henderson
as Mrs. Jones' Daughter (uncredited)
Jany Hope
as Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Joey Hope
as Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Virginia Howell
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Carol Hughes
as Salesgirl at Modiste Salon (uncredited)
Jane Isbell
as Edith Potter's Daughter (uncredited)
Suzanne Kaaren
as Princess Mara (uncredited)
Alice Keating
as Saleswoman (uncredited)
Carole Lee Kilbry
as Theatrical Child (uncredited)
Carole Lee Kirby
as Theatrical Child (uncredited)
Lenita Lane
as Mrs. Spencer's Friend (uncredited)
Priscilla Lawson
as Hairdresser #1 (uncredited)
Leni Lynn
as Edith's Oldest Daughter (uncredited)
Leila McIntyre
as Woman with Bundles (uncredited)
Janet McLeay
as Girl in Shadowgraph / Glamour Girl (uncredited)
Butterfly McQueen
as Lulu (uncredited)
Greta Meyer
as Masseuse (uncredited)
Helene Millard
as Cosmetic Saleswoman (uncredited)
Sue Moore
as Masseuse (uncredited)
Natalie Moorhead
as Woman at Modiste Salon (uncredited)
Gertrude Needham
as Woman (uncredited)
Hattie Noel
as Maid on Train (uncredited)
Florence O'Brien
as Euphie (uncredited)
Mimi Olivera
as Manicurist (uncredited)
Blanche Payson
as Masseuse (uncredited)
Edith Penn
as Nurse (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
as Tough Girl (uncredited)
Virginia Pine
as Glamour Girl (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
as Miss Fordyce (uncredited)
Aileen Pringle
as Miss Carter the Saleslady (uncredited)
Catherine Proctor
as Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)
Isabel Randolph
as Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)
Renie Riano
as Ugly Saleswoman (uncredited)
Ruth Rickaby
as Nurse (uncredited)
Jo Ann Sayers
as Debutante (uncredited)
Dorothy Sebastian
as Saleswoman Pat (uncredited)
Peggy Shannon
as Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Mildred Shay
as Crystal's French Maid Helen (uncredited)
Clarice Sherry
as Girl (uncredited)
Florence Shirley
as Miss Archer (uncredited)
Irene Shirley
as Nurse (uncredited)
Gertrude Simpson
as Stage Mother (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
as Glamour Girl (uncredited)
Ann Teeman
as Makeup Artist (uncredited)
Terry
as Fighting Dog at Beauty Shop (uncredited)
Charlotte Treadway
as Companion Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy Tuttle
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Beryl Wallace
as Woman in Cabinet (uncredited)
Josephine Whittell
as Mrs. Spencer (uncredited)
Marjorie Wood
as Sadie the Old Maid in Powder Room (uncredited)
Charlotte Wynters
as Miss Batchelor (uncredited)
Mary Young
as Grandma (uncredited)