The Color Purple (1985)

Cast Members

• Danny Glover
• Whoopi Goldberg
• Donna Buie
• Margaret Avery

Danny Glover

Albert

Whoopi Goldberg

Celie

Donna Buie

Daisy

Margaret Avery

Shug Avery

Oprah Winfrey

Sofia

Peto Kinsaka

Adam

Jeris Poindexter

Jook Joint Patron

Willard E. Pugh

Harpo

Maurice Moore

Child

Akosua Busia

Nettie

Susan Beaubian

Corrine

Desreta Jackson

Young Celie

Adolph Caesar

Old Mister

Clarence Avant

African Musician

Drew Bundi Brown

Jook Joint Patron

Dana Ivey

Miss Millie

John Hart

Mailman

Rae Dawn Chong

Squeak

Ethel Taylor

Church Sister

James Tillis

Buster

Daphaine Oliver

Young Olivia

Katie Simon

Church Sister

Bennet Guillory

Grady

Jadili Johnson

Young Adam

Juliet Poe

Church Sister

David Thomas

Road Gang Leader

Phillip Strong

Mayor

Howard Starr

Young Harpo

Carrie Murray

Loretta

Leon Rippy

Store Clerk

Marcus Covington

Boy

John Patton, Jr.

Preacher

Arnold Turner

Jook Joint Patron

Lechanda Lathrap

Child

April Myers

Emma

Marcus Liles

Boo

Lelo Masamba

Olivia

Lillian Njoki Distefano

Young Tashi

Margaret Freeman

Odessa

Leonard Jackson

Pa

Laurence Fishburne

Swain

Hawthorne James

Jook Joint Patron

Carl Anderson

Reverend Samuel

Reuben Cannon

Job Seda

Crew Members

Steven Spielberg

Director

Jon Peters

Producer

Steven Spielberg

Producer

Frank Marshall

Producer

Peter Guber

Producer

Quincy Jones

Producer

Kathleen Kennedy

Producer

Carole Isenberg

Associate Producer

Peter Guber

Executive Producer

Jon Peters

Executive Producer

Warner Brothers

Warner Brothers

Alice Walker

Book Author

Menno Meyjes

Screenwriter

Jo Ann Doster

Casting

Michael Kahn

Editor

Amblin Entertainment

Amblin Entertainment

Guber-Peters Company

Guber-Peters Company

Allen Daviau

Cinematographer