Mildred Pierce - Season 1 - Eps 4: Part 4
As the years have gone by, Mildred has become quite a successful businesswoman. It's now 1937 and she and Lucy, now a partner, is looking to open her third restaurant on Laguna Beach after having opened her second place in Beverly Hills. Veda has grown into an attractive 18 year-old but is no less selfish as a young adult. She's taken to partying and staying out until all hours but refuses to follow her mother's advice. She's now thinking that she wants to be an actress, which Mildred encourages. She is soon pregnant but the child's father refuses to marry her leaving Mildred in the dark until she learns that something is going on from the boy's mother. Veda however wants something other than marriage from the boy and his family. Mildred throws her out but after several months with no word from her, learns that Veda has become a successful singer.
About Mildred Pierce
Title: Mildred Pierce
First Air Date: 2011-03-27
Last Air Date: 2011-04-10
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.018/10 (from 252 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 1
Total Episodes: 5
Network: HBO
Genres: Drama
Production Companies: John Wells Productions, HBO, Killer Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Synopsis
Mildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while trying to earn her spoiled, narcissistic daughter's love and respect.
Cast
Kate Winslet
Mildred Pierce
Guy Pearce
Monte Beragon
Evan Rachel Wood
Veda Pierce
Brían F. O'Byrne
Bert Pierce
Melissa Leo
Lucy Gessler
James LeGros
Wally Burgan
Mare Winningham
Ida Corwin
Marin Ireland
Letty
Murphy Guyer
Mr. Pierce