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