The Color Purple (1985)
| Type | Feature Film |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 |
| Runtime | 2hr 32mins. |
| Genres | Drama, Short Film |
| Status | Published |
| US Release Date | 01/01/1985 |
| Name | Credit | Credited as | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Glover | Actor | Albert | |
| Laurence Fishburne | Actor | Swain | |
| Dana Ivey | Actor | Miss Millie | |
| Allen Daviau | Cinematographer | ||
| Adolph Caesar | Actor | Old Mister | |
| Margaret Avery | Actor | Shug Avery | |
| Quincy Jones | Producer | ||
| Quincy Jones | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Peter Guber | Producer | ||
| Peter Guber | Executive Producer | ||
| Jon Peters | Producer | ||
| Jon Peters | Executive Producer | ||
| Whoopi Goldberg | Actor | Celie | |
| Carole Isenberg | Associate Producer | ||
| Akosua Busia | Actor | Nettie | |
| Rae Dawn Chong | Actor | Squeak | |
| Steven Spielberg | Director | ||
| Steven Spielberg | Producer | ||
| Oprah Winfrey | Actor | Sofia | |
| Kathleen Kennedy | Producer | ||
| Frank Marshall | Producer | ||
| Menno Meyjes | Screenwriter | ||
| Lata Ryan | Production Coordinator | ||
| Leon Rippy | Actor | Store Clerk | |
| Michael Kahn | Editor | ||
| Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Designer | ||
| Chris Boardman | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Carl Anderson | Actor | Reverend Samuel | |
| Clarence Avant | Actor | African Musician | |
| Susan Beaubian | Actor | Corrine | |
| Donna Buie | Actor | Daisy | |
| Marcus Covington | Actor | Boy | |
| Andraé Crouch | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Lillian Njoki Distefano | Actor | Young Tashi | |
| Margaret Freeman | Actor | Odessa | |
| Bennet Guillory | Actor | Grady | |
| John Hart | Actor | Mailman | |
| Jack Hayes | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Hawthorne James | Actor | Jook Joint Patron | |
| Desreta Jackson | Actor | Young Celie | |
| Leonard Jackson | Actor | Pa | |
| Jadili Johnson | Actor | Young Adam | |
| Randy Kerber | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Peto Kinsaka | Actor | Adam | |
| Steve LaPorte | Makeup | ||
| Marcus Liles | Actor | Boo | |
| Lelo Masamba | Actor | Olivia | |
| Tom McCown | Set Designer | ||
| Maurice Moore | Actor | Child | |
| Carrie Murray | Actor | Loretta | |
| April Myers | Actor | Emma | |
| Daphaine Oliver | Actor | Young Olivia | |
| Juliet Poe | Actor | Church Sister | |
| Jeris Poindexter | Actor | Jook Joint Patron | |
| Lionel Richie | Songwriter | ||
| Nathan Scott | Musical Direction/Supervision | ||
| Job Seda | Actor | ||
| Katie Simon | Actor | Church Sister | |
| Howard Starr | Actor | Young Harpo | |
| Fred Steiner | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Ethel Taylor | Actor | Church Sister | |
| David Thomas | Actor | Road Gang Leader | |
| James Tillis | Actor | Buster | |
| Arnold Turner | Actor | Jook Joint Patron | |
| Alice Walker | Book Author | ||
| Snooky Young | Musical Performer | ||
| Reuben Cannon | Actor | ||
| Richard Alonzo | Makeup | ||
| Jorge Calandrelli | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Jerry Hey | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Michael Laudati | Makeup | ||
| Joel Rosenbaum | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Caiphus Semenya | Musical Performer | ||
| Rod Temperton | Composer (Music Score) | ||
| Phillip Strong | Actor | Mayor | |
| Drew Bundi Brown | Actor | Jook Joint Patron | |
| John Patton, Jr. | Actor | Preacher | |
| Willard E. Pugh | Actor | Harpo | |
| Linda de Scenna | Set Designer | ||
| Greg W. Elam | Stunts | ||
| Gerald R. Molen | Production Designer | ||
| J. Michael Riva | Production Designer | ||
| Robert W. Welch III | Production Designer | ||
| Lechanda Lathrap | Actor | Child | |
| Jo Ann Doster | Casting | ||
| Richard L. Anderson | Supervising Sound Editor |
