Hier eine alphabetische Übersicht über alle bisher in "Desperate Housewives" erschienenen Charaktere, in Klammern dahinter der Schauspieler/die Schauspielerin, der/die dem Charakter sein/ihr Gesicht leiht. Charaktere, die keinen Nachnamen besitzen, werden alphabetisch nach ihrem Vornamen eingeordnet. Mit einem † versehene Charaktere sind im Verlauf der Serie oder schon davor verstorben.
A[]
Applewhite, Betty
Applewhite, Caleb
Applewhite, Matthew †
Atherton, Tish
B[]
Barton, Detective
Beale, Eugene
Bigsby, Carolyn †
Bigsby, Harvey
Bolen, Angie
Bolen, Danny
Bolen, Nick
Bormanis, Samuel
Bradley, David
Britt, Edie †
Britt, Ilene †
Bukowski, Ashley
C[]
Coletti, Rick
Collins, Libby
Copeland, Detective
Craig, Dr.Lee
D[]
Davis, Dylan (Hailee Denham) †
Davis, Wayne (Gary Cole) †
Delfino, Adele (Celia Weston)
Delfino, Maynard "M.J." (Mason Vale Cotton)
Delfino, Mike (James Denton)
Delfino, Nick (Robert Forster)
Dolan, Dr.Joshua (Peter Birkenhead)
E[]
F[]
Falati, Robert (Anthony Azizi)
Ferrara, Ed (Currie Graham)
Fletcher, Nina (Joely Fisher)
Flickman, Morty (Bob Newhart)
Flickman, Sophie (Lesley Ann Warren)
Forrest, Angela (Brenda Strong)
Forrest, Todd (Mark Moses)
Foster, Annabel (Melinda McGraw)
Foster, Melanie (Joy Bisco) †
Frome, Alberta (Betty Murphy)
G[]
Geist, Jordana (Stacey Travis)
Gibbons, Maisy (Sharon Lawrence)
Goldfine, Dr.Albert (Sam Lloyd)
Greenberg, Ida (Pat Crawford Brown) †
Greene, Sylvia (Melora Walters) †
H[]
Hainsworth, Ian (Dougray Scott)
Hainsworth, Jane (Cecily Gambrell) †
Hart, Jackson (Gale Harold)
Helm, Frank (Eddie McClintock)
Hewitt, Detective (Steve Kramer)
Hodge, Alma (Valerie Mahaffey) †
Hodge, Benjamin (Jake Soldera)
Hodge, Bree (Marcia Cross)
Hodge, Edwin (Carl Mueller) †
Hodge, Gloria (Dixie Carter)
Hodge, Orson (Kyle McLachlan)
Huber, Martha (Christine Estabrook) †
Hunter, Bob (Tuc Watkins)
Huntington, Joe (Paul Keith)
Huntington, Kayla (Rachel Fox)
Huntington, Nora (Kiersten Warren) †
Huntington, Sheila (Michelle Marsh)
I[]
J[]
Jerry (Mitch Silpa)
Justin (Ryan Carnes)
K[]
Kaminsky, Al (James Luca McBride)
Katz, Danielle (Joy Lauren)
Katz, Leo (???)
L[]
Lang, Milton (Mike Farrell)
Lang, Victor (John Slattery) †
Leonard, Ellie (Justine Bateman) †
Lindquist, Lucy (Carrie Preston)
Lindquist, Lydia (Sarah Paulson)
Lithgow, Jonathan (John Haymes Newton)
M[]
Marquez, Lucia (Maria Conchita Alonso)
Mary Bernard (Melinda Page Hamilton)
Mason, Eleanor (Carol Burnett)
Mason, Henry (Ronny Cox)
Mayer, Julie (Andrea Bowen)
Mayer, Karl (Richard Burgi)
Mayer, Marisa (Sunny Mabrey)
Mayer, Susan (Teri Hatcher)
Mayfair, Adam (Nathan Fillion)
Mayfair, Dylan (Lyndsy Fonseca)
Mayfair, Katherine (Dana Delany)
McCann, Austin (Josh Henderson)
McCluskey, Gilbert (John Harnagel) †
McCluskey, Karen (Kathryn Joosten)
McCready, Dr.Ron (Jay Harrington)
McDermott, Lee (Kevin Rahm)
McLain, Charles (Greg Evigan)
McLain, Travers (Jake Cherry)
McMillian, Peter (Lee Tergesen)
McMuilin, Jeremy (Billy Unger)
Monroe, Curtis (Michael Ironside) †
Moon, Lonny (Wallace Shawn)
Mullins, Edwin (Cheyenne Wilbur)
N[]
Nanny Claire (Marla Sokoloff)
Nora Huntington (Kiersten Warren)
O[]
P[]
Pater Crowley (Jeff Doucette)
Peterson, Dan (Edward Edwards)
Peterson, Janie (Elizabeth Storm)
Pollier, Monique (Kathleen York) †
Prudy, Addison (Paul Dooley)
Prudy, Carol (Joyce Van Patten)
Q[]
R[]
Reverend Sikes (Dakin Matthews)
Ridley, Detective (Ernie Hudson)
Rowland, Helen (Kathryn Harrold)
Rowland, Jonathan (Jesse Metcalfe)
S[]
Scavo, Lynette (Felicity Huffman)
Scavo, Parker (Zane Huett & Joshua Moore)
Scavo, Penny (Darien Pinkerton & Kendall Applegate)
Scavo, Porter (Shane Kinsman & Max Carver)
Scavo, Preston (Brent Kinsman & Charlie Carver)
Scavo, Rodney (Ryan O'Neal)
Scavo, Tom (Doug Savant)
Shaw, Jerry (Richard Roundtree)
Shephard, Arthur (Matt Roth)
Shephard, Rebecca (Jennifer Dundas) †
Simms, Lillian (Ellen Geer) †
Solis, Ana (Maiara Walsh)
Solis, Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira)
Solis, Celia (Daniella Baltodano)
Solis, Gabrielle (Eva Longoria Parker)
Solis, Juanita (Lupe Ontiveros) †
Solis, Juanita (Kaili Say & Madison Delagarza)
Stu (Charlie Babcock)
Sullivan, Detective (Nick Chinlund)
T[]
Taylor, Dana (Cody Kasch)
Taylor, Deirdre (Jolie Jenkins) †
Taylor, Kendra (Heather Stephens)
Taylor, Noah (Bob Gunton) †
Tilman, Felicia (Harriet Sansom Harris)
U[]
V[]
Van de Kamp, Andrew (Shawn Pyfrom)
Van de Kamp, Phyllis (Shirley Knight)
Van de Kamp, Rex (Steven Culp) †
Vern (Alec Mapa)
W[]
Weston, Oliver (John Mariano)
Williams, Dave (Neal McDonough)
Williams, George (Roger Bart) †
Wingfield, Glen (Richard Chamberlain)
Wingfield, Stella (Polly Bergen)
X[]
Xiao-Mei (Gwendoline Yeo)
Y[]
Yao Lin (Lucille Soong)
Young, Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) †
Young, Paul (Mark Moses)
Young, Zachary (Cody Kasch)