The Color Purple (1985)

The Color Purple
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 Role Id Sort Order
Danny Glover Actor Albert 1 1
Laurence Fishburne Actor Swain 1 46
Dana Ivey Actor Miss Millie 1 10
Allen Daviau Cinematographer 402 4
Adolph Caesar Actor Old Mister 1 8
Margaret Avery Actor Shug Avery 1 3
Quincy Jones Producer 3 2
Quincy Jones Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Peter Guber Producer 3 2
Peter Guber Executive Producer 174 11
Jon Peters Producer 3 2
Jon Peters Executive Producer 174 11
Whoopi Goldberg Actor Celie 1 2
Carole Isenberg Associate Producer 171 10
Akosua Busia Actor Nettie 1 6
Rae Dawn Chong Actor Squeak 1 12
Steven Spielberg Director 2 1
Steven Spielberg Producer 3 2
Oprah Winfrey Actor Sofia 1 4
Kathleen Kennedy Producer 3 2
Frank Marshall Producer 3 2
Menno Meyjes Screenwriter 120461 3
Lata Ryan Production Coordinator 162 30
Leon Rippy Actor Store Clerk 1 25
Michael Kahn Editor 172 6
Aggie Guerard Rodgers Costume Designer 169 15
Chris Boardman Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Carl Anderson Actor Reverend Samuel 1 50
Clarence Avant Actor African Musician 1 8
Susan Beaubian Actor Corrine 1 7
Donna Buie Actor Daisy 1 2
Marcus Covington Actor Boy 1 26
Andraé Crouch Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Lillian Njoki Distefano Actor Young Tashi 1 34
Margaret Freeman Actor Odessa 1 35
Bennet Guillory Actor Grady 1 18
John Hart Actor Mailman 1 10
Jack Hayes Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Hawthorne James Actor Jook Joint Patron 1 49
Desreta Jackson Actor Young Celie 1 7
Leonard Jackson Actor Pa 1 36
Jadili Johnson Actor Young Adam 1 19
Randy Kerber Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Peto Kinsaka Actor Adam 1 4
Steve LaPorte Makeup 353 30
Marcus Liles Actor Boo 1 32
Lelo Masamba Actor Olivia 1 33
Tom McCown Set Designer 202 14
Maurice Moore Actor Child 1 6
Carrie Murray Actor Loretta 1 24
April Myers Actor Emma 1 31
Daphaine Oliver Actor Young Olivia 1 16
Juliet Poe Actor Church Sister 1 20
Jeris Poindexter Actor Jook Joint Patron 1 5
Lionel Richie Songwriter 120463 5
Nathan Scott Musical Direction/Supervision 120469 5
Job Seda Actor 1 52
Katie Simon Actor Church Sister 1 17
Howard Starr Actor Young Harpo 1 23
Fred Steiner Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Ethel Taylor Actor Church Sister 1 14
David Thomas Actor Road Gang Leader 1 21
James Tillis Actor Buster 1 15
Arnold Turner Actor Jook Joint Patron 1 29
Alice Walker Book Author 120468 3
Snooky Young Musical Performer 120483 30
Reuben Cannon Actor 1 51
Richard Alonzo Makeup 353 30
Jorge Calandrelli Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Jerry Hey Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Michael Laudati Makeup 353 30
Joel Rosenbaum Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Caiphus Semenya Musical Performer 120483 30
Rod Temperton Composer (Music Score) 120464 5
Phillip Strong Actor Mayor 1 22
Drew Bundi Brown Actor Jook Joint Patron 1 9
John Patton, Jr. Actor Preacher 1 27
Willard E. Pugh Actor Harpo 1 5
Linda de Scenna Set Designer 202 14
Greg W. Elam Stunts 240 27
Gerald R. Molen Production Designer 164 7
J. Michael Riva Production Designer 164 7
Robert W. Welch III Production Designer 164 7
Lechanda Lathrap Actor Child 1 30
Jo Ann Doster Casting 179 29
Richard L. Anderson Supervising Sound Editor 328 30