| Dora Chance and Nora Chance | identical twins, illegitimate daughters of Melchior Hazard but officially known as the daughters of Peregrine Hazard |
| Tiffany | their goddaughter |
| (Sir) Melchior Hazard and Peregrine Hazard | fraternal twins, sons of the marriage of Estella and Ranulph Hazard q.v. |
| Lady Atalanta Hazard, née Lynde | first wife of Melchior Hazard, mother of Saskia and Imogen |
| Delia Delaney, née Daisy Duck | second wife of Melchior Hazard, previously second wife of ‘Genghis Khan’ q.v. |
| Saskia Hazard and Imogen Hazard | identical twins, legally daughters of Melchior Hazard, biologically daughters of Peregrine Hazard |
| Tristram Hazard and Gareth Hazard | fraternal twins, sons of Melchior Hazard’s third marriage |
| ‘My Lady Margarine’ | third wife of Melchior Hazard, mother of Tristram and Gareth |
| ‘Grandma’ Chance | guardian of Nora and Dora Chance |
| Estella ‘A Star Danced’ Hazard | mother of Melchior and Peregrine Hazard |
| ‘Lewis Carroll’ | a photographer of children |
| Ranulph Hazard | husband of Estella Hazard |
| Cassius Booth | boyfriend of Estella Hazard |
| ‘Pretty Kitty’ | a foundling, mother of Nora and Dora Chance |
| ‘Our Cyn’ | a foundling, mother of Mavis, grandmother of Brenda, great-grandmother of Tiffany |
| Miss Worthington | a dance teacher |
| Mrs Worthington | her mother, an accompanist |
| Gorgeous George | comedian and patriot |
| ‘Pantomime Goose’ | Nora Chance’s first boyfriend |
| Principal boy | wife of Pantomime Goose |
| Blond tenor with unmemorable name | Dora Chance’s first boyfriend |
| ‘Mr Piano Man’ | musician, composer, boyfriend of Dora Chance |
| ‘Genghis Khan’ | a film producer |
| His first wife | a jealous woman |
| Tony | an Italian American, fiancé of Nora Chance |
| Ross ‘Irish’ O’Flaherty | American writer, boyfriend of Dora Chance |
| Unnamed radical German exile in Hollywood | boyfriend of Dora Chance |
| ‘Puck’ | male soprano, third husband of Delia Delaney |
| Brenda | granddaughter of ‘Our Cyn,’ mother of Tiffany |
| Leroy | her husband |
In no particular order of appearance: rough children, cats, chorus girls, chorus boys, nudes, spear-carriers, comics, fans, Free French, Free Poles, Free Norwegians, soldiers, sailors, airmen of all nations, media personalities, television crews, market traders, pupils of the Italia Conte School, Amazonian tribesmen, photographers, film buffs, the public, extras.