The Color Purple

Tiffany Elle Burgess as Olivia Aba Arthur as Abena Jamaal Avery Jr. as Young Harpo Louis Gossett Jr. as Ol' Mister Elizabeth Marvel as Miss Millie Adetinpo Thomas as Mary Ellen Jeffrey Marcus as Immigration Officer Emana Rachelle as Corrine L. Warren Young as Domino Player John L. Adams as Sharecropper Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery Stephen Hill as Henry (Buster) Broadnax Charles Green as Mayor Colman Domingo as Mister Corey Hawkins as Harpo David Vaughn as Postman (Mr. Edmonds) Whoopi Goldberg as Midwife (uncredited) Phylicia Pearl Mpasi as Young Celie Terrence J. Smith as Adam Raphael Thomas as Harpo's Buddy Danielle Brooks as Sofia Halle Bailey as Young Nettie Ciara as Nettie David Alan Grier as Reverend Avery Tamela Mann as First Lady Chase Steven Anderson as Ticket Booth Operator H.E.R. as Squeak Deon Cole as Alfonso Fantasia Barrino as Celie Jon Batiste as Grady Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Mama

Courtenay Valenti Executive Producer Paul Massey Sound Re-Recording Mixer Mark Hicks Stunt Coordinator Steven A. Morrow Sound Mixer Shellita Boxie Stunt Double Francine Jamison-Tanchuck Costume Design Fatima Robinson Choreographer Marsha Norman Musical Scott Sanders Producer Menno Meyjes Original Film Writer Quincy Jones Songs, Producer Jon Poll Editor Halle Bailey Songs Kris Bowers Original Music Composer Paul D. Austerberry Production Design Bernard Telsey Casting Steven Spielberg Producer Tangela Large Dialect Coach Tiffany Little Canfield Casting Oprah Winfrey Producer Kristie Macosko Krieger Executive Producer Dan Laustsen Director of Photography Blitz Bazawule Executive Music Producer, Director Alice Walker Novel, Executive Producer Kelli Jones Hairstylist Floyd Anthony Johns Jr. Stunts Anthony Tittanegro Executive Producer Marcus Gardley Screenplay Stephen Bray Songs, Executive Music Producer, Musical