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The Color Purple

The Color Purple Full Cast & Crew

1987Movie"It's about life. It's about love. It's about us."

Cast

D
Danny Glover
as Albert
W
Whoopi Goldberg
as Celie
M
Margaret Avery
as Shug Avery
O
Oprah Winfrey
as Sofia
W
Willard E. Pugh
as Harpo
A
Akosua Busia
as Nettie
D
Desreta Jackson
as Young Celie
A
Adolph Caesar
as Old Mr.
R
Rae Dawn Chong
as Squeak
D
Dana Ivey
as Miss Millie
L
Leonard Jackson
as Pa
B
Bennet Guillory
as Grady
J
John Patton Jr.
as Preacher
C
Carl Anderson
as Reverend Samuel
S
Susan Beaubian
as Corrine
J
James Tillis
as Buster
P
Phillip Strong
as Mayor
L
Laurence Fishburne
as Swain
P
Peto Kinsaka
as Adam
L
Lelo Masamba
as Olivia
M
Margaret Freeman
as Odessa
H
Howard Starr
as Young Harpo
D
Daphaine Oliver
as Young Olivia
J
Jadili Johnson
as Young Adam
L
Lillian Njoki Distefano
as Young Tashi
D
Donna Buie
as Daisy
L
Leon Rippy
as Store Clerk
J
John R. Hart
as Mailman
D
David Thomas
as Road Gang Leader
C
Carrie Murphy
as Loretta
J
Juliet Poe
as Church Sister
K
Katie Simon
as Church Sister
E
Ethel Taylor
as Church Sister
M
Marcus Covington
as Boy
M
Marcus Liles
as Boo
A
April Myers
as Emma
M
Maurice Moore
as Child #1
L
Lechanda Latharp
as Child #2
D
Drew Bundini Brown
as Jook Joint Patron
A
Arnold F. Turner
as Jook Joint Patron
J
Jeris Poindexter
as Jook Joint Patron
H
Hawthorne James
as Jook Joint Patron
S
Sonny Terry
as Jook Joint Musician
G
Greg Phillinganes
as Jook Joint Musician
R
Roy Gaines
as Jook Joint Musician
P
Paulinho da Costa
as African Musician
N
Nana Yaw Asiedu
as African Musician
C
Clarence Avant
as African Musician
B
Bayo Martin
as African Musician
N
Ndugu Chandler
as African Musician
J
Jeffrey Kwashi
as African Musician
P
Pete Munzhi
as African Musician
A
Aniijia Rae Schockley
as African Musician
M
Maria Howell
as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
G
Gayle King
as Church-goer (uncredited)

Crew

S
Steven Spielberg
Producer
M
Michael Kahn
Editor
A
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
J
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
B
Bo Welch
Art Direction
A
Alice Walker
Novel
M
Menno Meyjes
Screenplay
L
Linda DeScenna
Set Decoration
J
J. Michael Riva
Production Design
S
Steven Spielberg
Director
K
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Q
Quincy Jones
Producer
A
Allen Daviau
Director of Photography
R
Richard Alonzo
Makeup Artist
P
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
C
Carole Isenberg
Producer
F
Frank Marshall
Producer
Q
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
R
Robert Samuels
Second Assistant Camera
J
Joel Rosenbaum
Orchestrator
R
Randy Kerber
Orchestrator
A
Andraé Crouch
Music Arranger
J
Jorge Calandrelli
Orchestrator
J
Jerry Hey
Orchestrator
J
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
F
Fred Steiner
Orchestrator
Q
Quincy Jones
Lyricist
Q
Quincy Jones
Songs
R
Rod Temperton
Lyricist
A
Andraé Crouch
Songs
B
Bill Maxwell
Songs
D
David Del Sesto
Songs
L
Lionel Richie
Lyricist
R
Rod Temperton
Songs
D
Dana Dru Evenson
Stunt Double
A
Alan L. Nineberg
ADR Editor
T
Tony Brubaker
Stunts