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This portal shows the characters who have appeared in at least two to four different episodes, organized by episode count. In case the characters are in the same number of episodes, they are ordered alphabetically. All characters featured here are portrayed by guest stars, co-stars or uncredited actors, who never received any type of regular billing on the show.

Key

Alive	Deceased	Off the Lane	Detained
Unknown

Desperate Housewives

Minor Characters

Deirdre	Helen	Policeman	Policeman Policeman
Annabel	Claire	Copeland Detective Copeland	Jordana Jordana Geist
Lentz Headmaster Lentz	Maisy	Morty	Mr. Whiskers Mr. Whiskers
Officer Officer	Ruth Ann Nurse Heisel	Ashley	Beckerman Detective Beckerman
Burnett Detective Burnett	Dan Dan Peterson	Dr. Sicher Dr. Sicher	Edwin
Eleanor Eleanor Buttes	FBI Agent FBI Agent	Janie Janie Peterson	Jonathan Jonathan Lisco
Kendra	Mr. Hartley Mr. Hartley	Mrs. Steinberg Mrs. Steinberg	Mrs. Truesdale Mrs. Truesdale
Natalie Natalie Klein	Nurse Nurse	Receptionist/Nurse Receptionist/Nurse