The Color Purple
1985-12-18
Cast55
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)
Art3
Bo Welch
Art Direction
Linda DeScenna
Set Decoration
J. Michael Riva
Production Design
Camera2
Allen Daviau
Director of Photography
Robert Samuels
Second Assistant Camera
Costume & Make-Up2
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
Richard Alonzo
Makeup Artist
Crew2
Dana Dru Evenson
Stunt Double
Tony Brubaker
Stunts
Directing1
Steven Spielberg
Director
Editing1
Michael Kahn
Editor
Production7
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Quincy Jones
Producer
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
Carole Isenberg
Producer
Frank Marshall
Producer
Sound14
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Joel Rosenbaum
Orchestrator
Randy Kerber
Orchestrator
Andraé Crouch
Music Arranger
Jorge Calandrelli
Orchestrator
Jerry Hey
Orchestrator
Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
Fred Steiner
Orchestrator
Quincy Jones
Songs
Andraé Crouch
Songs
Bill Maxwell
Songs
David Del Sesto
Songs
Rod Temperton
Songs
Alan L. Nineberg
ADR Editor
Writing5
Alice Walker
Novel
Menno Meyjes
Screenplay
Quincy Jones
Lyricist
Rod Temperton
Lyricist
Lionel Richie
Lyricist