Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.
Skeeter Phelan
Aibileen Clark
Hilly Holbrook
Minny Jackson
Celia Foote
Elizabeth Leefolt
Charlotte Phelan
Jolene French
Stuart Whitworth
Constantine Jefferson
Johnny Foote
Missus Walters
Robert Phelan
Carlton Phelan
Yule Mae Davis
William Holbrook
Raleigh Leefolt
Pascagoula
Gretchen
Mr. Blackly
Elaine Stein
Rebecca
Cora
Mary Beth Caldwell
Bus Driver
Henry The Waiter
Preacher Green
Rachel
Gracie Higginbotham
Bus Rider (uncredited)
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