Celie

Whoopi Goldberg

Albert

Danny Glover

Shug Avery

Margaret Avery

Sofia

Oprah Winfrey

Harpo

Willard Pugh

Old Mister

Adolph Caesar

Nettie

Akosua Busia

Young Celie

Desreta Jackson

Squeak

Rae Dawn Chong

Miss Millie

Dana Ivey*

Pa

Leonard Jackson

Grady

Bennet Guillory

Preacher

John Patton Jr.

Reverend Samuel

Carl Anderson

Corrine

Susan Beaubian

Buster

James Tillis

Swain

Laurence Fishburne

Mayor

Phillip Strong

Adam

Peto Kinsaka

Olivia

Lelo Masamba

Odessa

Margaret Freeman

Young Harpo

Howard Starr

Young Olivia

Daphaine Oliver

Young Adam

Jadili Johnson

Young Tashi

Lillian Njoki Distefano

Daisy

Donna Buie

Store Clerk

Leon Rippy

Mailman

John Hart

Mailman

John R. Hart

Loretta

Carrie Murray

Road Gang Leader

David Thomas

Church Sister

Juliet Poe

Loretta

Carrie Murphy

Church Sister

Katie Simon

Church Sister

Ethel Taylor

Boy

Marcus Covington

Boo

Marcus Liles

Emma

April Myers

Child

Maurice Moore

Child

Lechanda Lathrap

Jook Joint Patron

Drew Bundini Brown

Child #2

Lechanda Latharp

Jook Joint Patron

Arnold Turner

Jook Joint Patron

Arnold F. Turner

Jook Joint Patron

Jeris Lee Poindexter

Jook Joint Patron

James Hawthorne

Jook Joint Musician

Saunders Sonny Terry

Jook Joint Patron

Hawthorne James

Jook Joint Musician

Sonny Terry

Jook Joint Musician

Greg Phillinganes

Jook Joint Musician

Roy Gaines

African Musician

Paulinho Da Costa

African Musician

Nana Yaw Asiedu

African Musician

Clarence Avant

African Musician

Bayo Martin

African Musician

Ndugu Chancler

African Musician

Jeffrey Kwashi

African Musician

Ndugu Chandler

African Musician

Pete Munzhi

African Musician

Aniijia Rae Shockley

African Musician

Aniijia Rae Schockley

Reuben Cannon

Job Seda