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)

Steven Spielberg

Director

Alice Walker

Novel

Menno Meyjes

Screenplay

Steven Spielberg

Producer

Frank Marshall

Producer

Kathleen Kennedy

Producer

Quincy Jones

Producer

Peter Guber

Executive Producer

Carole Isenberg

Producer

Jon Peters

Executive Producer

Allen Daviau

Director of Photography

Michael Kahn

Editor

J. Michael Riva

Production Design

Bo Welch

Art Direction

Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Costume Design

Richard Alonzo

Makeup Artist

Quincy Jones

Original Music Composer

Linda DeScenna

Set Decoration

Robert Samuels

Second Assistant Camera

Andraé Crouch

Music Arranger

Randy Kerber

Orchestrator

Jorge Calandrelli

Orchestrator

Joel Rosenbaum

Orchestrator

Fred Steiner

Orchestrator

Jerry Hey

Orchestrator

Jack Hayes

Orchestrator

Quincy Jones

Songs

Rod Temperton

Songs

Quincy Jones

Lyricist

Rod Temperton

Lyricist

Lionel Richie

Lyricist

Andraé Crouch

Songs

David Del Sesto

Songs

Bill Maxwell

Songs

Dana Dru Evenson

Stunt Double

Alan L. Nineberg

ADR Editor

Tony Brubaker

Stunts