The Women

The Women

133 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 1, 1939

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.

The Women

133 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 1, 1939

The Women
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title The Women
Directors George Cukor, Edward Woehler
Writers Jane Murfin, Clare Boothe Luce, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Donald Ogden Stewart, Anita Loos

Cast

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

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)

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)

Betty Blythe

as Mrs. South (uncredited)

Marie Blake

as Stockroom Girl (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)

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)

Lucia LaCerte

as Treatment Girl (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)

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)

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)