• 
  Lewis Gilbert

  regizor

• 
  Willy Russell

  scenarist

• 
  Pauline Collins

  Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
• 
  Tom Conti

  Costas Caldes
• 
  Julia McKenzie

  Gillian
• 
  Alison Steadman

  Jane
• 
  Joanna Lumley

  Marjorie Majors
• 
  Bernard Hill

  Joe Bradshaw

• 
  Anna Keaveney

  Jeanette
• 
  George Costigan

  Dougie
• 
  Paul Collins

  Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
• 
  Ged McKenna

  Van Driver
• 
  Gillian Kearney

  Young Shirley Valentine
• 
  Tracie Bennett

  Millandra
• 
  Karen Craig

  Thelma

• 
  Catharine Duncan

  Young Marjorie
• 
  Gareth Jefferson

  Brian
• 
  Ken Sharrock

  Sydney
• 
  Sylvia Syms

  Headmistress