The Color Purple 1985

Whoopi Goldberg

Celie Harris Johnson

Danny Glover

Albert Johnson ('Mister')

Margaret Avery

Shug Avery

Oprah Winfrey

Sofia Johnson

Willard E. Pugh

Harpo Johnson

Akosua Busia

Nettie Harris

Desreta Jackson

Young Celie Harris

Adolph Caesar

Old Mister

Rae Dawn Chong

Squeak (Mary Agnes)

Dana Ivey

Miss Millie

Leonard Jackson

Alphonso "Pa" Harris

Bennet Guillory

Grady

John Patton Jr.

Preacher

Carl Anderson

Reverend Samuel

Susan Beaubian

Corrine

James Tillis

Henry "Buster" Broadnax

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

Boy

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

Quincy Jones

Lyricist

Lionel Richie

Lyricist

Rod Temperton

Lyricist

Alice Walker

Novel

Menno Meyjes

Screenplay

Frank Marshall

Producer

Steven Spielberg

Producer

Peter Guber

Executive Producer

Quincy Jones

Producer

Jon Peters

Executive Producer

Kathleen Kennedy

Producer

Carole Isenberg

Producer

Linda DeScenna

Set Decoration

Bo Welch

Art Direction

J. Michael Riva

Production Design

Robert Samuels

Second Assistant Camera

Allen Daviau

Director of Photography

Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Costume Design

Richard Alonzo

Makeup Artist

Dana Dru Evenson

Stunt Double

Tony Brubaker

Stunts

Michael Kahn

Editor

Andraé Crouch

Songs, Music Arranger

Jerry Hey

Orchestrator

Fred Steiner

Orchestrator

Quincy Jones

Songs, Original Music Composer

Randy Kerber

Orchestrator

Jack Hayes

Orchestrator

Rod Temperton

Songs

Joel Rosenbaum

Orchestrator

Bill Maxwell

Songs

Alan L. Nineberg

ADR Editor

Jorge Calandrelli

Orchestrator

David Del Sesto

Songs