Anna Neagle
Peg Woffington

Cedric Hardwicke
David Garrick

Jack Hawkins
Michael O'Taffe

Robert Atkins
Dr. Samuel Johnson

Leslie French
Alexander Pope

Margaretta Scott
Kitty Clive

Maire O'Neill
Mrs. Woffington - Peg's Mother

Dorothy Robinson
Mrs. Margaret Dalloway

Polly Emery
Martha the Maid

Aubrey Fitzgerald
Digby

Arthur Sinclair
Mr. Woffington - Peg's Father

Hay Petrie
Mr. Rich

Sara Allgood
Irish Woman on Boat (uncredited)

Frederick Culley
Minor Role (uncredited)

Florence Harwood
Minor Role (uncredited)

Eliot Makeham
Dr. Bowdler

Miles Malleson
Minor Role (uncredited)

Stuart Robertson
Singer (uncredited)

Christopher Steele
Oliver Goldsmith (uncredited)