The Color Purple
Cast ~ CrewCast ~
Danny Glover
-Albert
Whoopi Goldberg
-Celie
Margaret Avery
-Shug Avery
Oprah Winfrey
-Sofia
Willard E. Pugh
-Harpo
Akosua Busia
-Nettie
Desreta Jackson
-Young Celie
Adolph Caesar
-Old Mr.
Rae Dawn Chong
-Squeak
Dana Ivey
-Miss Millie
Leonard Jackson
-Pa
Bennet Guillory
-Grady
John Patton Jr.
-Preacher
Carl Anderson
-Reverend Samuel
Susan Beaubian
-Corrine
James Tillis
-Buster
Phillip Strong
-Mayor
Laurence Fishburne
-Swain
Peto Kinsaka
-Adam
Lelo Masamba
-Olivia
Margaret Freeman
-Odessa
Howard Starr
-Young Harpo
Daphaine Oliver
-Young Olivia
Jadili Johnson
-Young Adam
Lillian Njoki Distefano
-Young Tashi
Donna Buie
-Daisy
Leon Rippy
-Store Clerk
John R. Hart
-Mailman
David Thomas
-Road Gang Leader
Carrie Murphy
-Loretta
Juliet Poe
-Church Sister
Katie Simon
-Church Sister
Ethel Taylor
-Church Sister
Marcus Covington
-Boy
Marcus Liles
-Boo
April Myers
-Emma
Maurice Moore
-Child #1
Lechanda Latharp
-Child #2
Drew Bundini Brown
-Jook Joint Patron
Arnold F. Turner
-Jook Joint Patron
Jeris Poindexter
-Jook Joint Patron
Hawthorne James
-Jook Joint Patron
Sonny Terry
-Jook Joint Musician
Greg Phillinganes
-Jook Joint Musician
Roy Gaines
-Jook Joint Musician
Paulinho da Costa
-African Musician
Nana Yaw Asiedu
-African Musician
Clarence Avant
-African Musician
Bayo Martin
-African Musician
Ndugu Chandler
-African Musician
Jeffrey Kwashi
-African Musician
Pete Munzhi
-African Musician
Aniijia Rae Schockley
-African Musician
Maria Howell
-Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Gayle King
-Church-goer (uncredited)
Prod. ~ Crew
Steven Spielberg
Directing (Director)
Alice Walker
Writing (Novel)
Menno Meyjes
Writing (Screenplay)
Steven Spielberg
Production (Producer)
Frank Marshall
Production (Producer)
Kathleen Kennedy
Production (Producer)
Quincy Jones
Production (Producer)
Peter Guber
Production (Executive Producer)
Carole Isenberg
Production (Producer)
Jon Peters
Production (Executive Producer)
Allen Daviau
Camera (Director of Photography)
Michael Kahn
Editing (Editor)
J. Michael Riva
Art (Production Design)
Bo Welch
Art (Art Direction)
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume & Make-Up (Costume Design)
Richard Alonzo
Costume & Make-Up (Makeup Artist)
Quincy Jones
Sound (Original Music Composer)
Linda DeScenna
Art (Set Decoration)
Robert Samuels
Camera (Second Assistant Camera)
Andraé Crouch
Sound (Music Arranger)
Randy Kerber
Sound (Orchestrator)
Jorge Calandrelli
Sound (Orchestrator)
Joel Rosenbaum
Sound (Orchestrator)
Fred Steiner
Sound (Orchestrator)
Jerry Hey
Sound (Orchestrator)
Jack Hayes
Sound (Orchestrator)
Quincy Jones
Sound (Songs)
Rod Temperton
Sound (Songs)
Quincy Jones
Writing (Lyricist)
Rod Temperton
Writing (Lyricist)
Lionel Richie
Writing (Lyricist)
Andraé Crouch
Sound (Songs)
David Del Sesto
Sound (Songs)
Bill Maxwell
Sound (Songs)
Dana Dru Evenson
Crew (Stunt Double)
Alan L. Nineberg
Sound (ADR Editor)
Tony Brubaker
Crew (Stunts)