Petunia Jackson

Ethel Waters

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Joe Jackson

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

Georgia Brown

Lena Horne

The Trumpeter

Louis Armstrong

Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Rex Ingram

The General/Rev. Greene

Kenneth Spencer

Domino

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Domino Johnson

John "Bubbles" Sublett

Domino Johnson

John W. Bubbles

The Deacon/Fleetfoot

Oscar Polk

First Idea Man

Mantan Moreland

Second Idea Man

Willie Best

Third Idea Man

Fletcher Rivers

Fourth Idea Man, Poke

Leon James

Fourth Idea Man

Poke Leon James

Fourth Idea Man

Leon James Poke

Bill

Bill Bailey

Messenger Boy

Ford L. 'Buck' Washington

Messenger Boy

Ford Washington Lee

Lily

Butterfly McQueen

Mrs. Kelso

Ruby Dandridge

Dude

Stewart Nicodemus

Dude

Nicodemus

Jim Henry

Ernest Whitman

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Jules Adger

Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Doris Ake

Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Juliette Ball

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Bernard Bradley

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Daisy Bufford

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Archie Savage

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Jas. Burch

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Curry Lee Calmes

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Rita Christiani

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

June Decuire

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Dorothea Durham

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Byron Ellis

Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron

Joel Fluellen

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Louise Franklin

Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

William Gillespie

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Avanelle Harris

Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)

Kathleen Hartsfield

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Maggie Hathaway

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Cleo Herndon

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Lawaune Ingram

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Bobby Johnson

Boy in Church (uncredited)

Glenn Leedy

Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Tommie Moore

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Jieno Moxzer

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Florence O'Brien

Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)

Neva Peoples

Churchgoer (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Louise Ritchie

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Henry Phace Roberts

Doctor (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Johnny Thomas

Churchgoer (uncredited)

Ernestine Wade

Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Arthur Walker

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Artie Young

Neighbor (uncredited)

Juano Hernández