The Color Purple

Clarence Avant as African Musician Whoopi Goldberg as Celie Akosua Busia as Nettie Carl Anderson as Reverend Samuel Arnold F. Turner as Jook Joint Patron Oprah Winfrey as Sofia Willard E. Pugh as Harpo Bennet Guillory as Grady Danny Glover as Albert Margaret Avery as Shug Avery Leon Rippy as Store Clerk Hawthorne James as Jook Joint Patron Drew Bundini Brown as Jook Joint Patron Rae Dawn Chong as Squeak Leonard Jackson as Pa Sonny Terry as Jook Joint Musician Paulinho da Costa as African Musician Maria Howell as Church Choir Soloist (uncredited) Desreta Jackson as Young Celie Adolph Caesar as Old Mr. Laurence Fishburne as Swain Jeris Poindexter as Jook Joint Patron Susan Beaubian as Corrine Greg Phillinganes as Jook Joint Musician Gayle King as Church-goer (uncredited) Dana Ivey as Miss Millie

Frank Marshall Producer Aggie Guerard Rodgers Costume Design Peter Guber Executive Producer Allen Daviau Director of Photography Michael Kahn Editor Quincy Jones Producer, Original Music Composer, Lyricist, Songs Lionel Richie Lyricist Dana Dru Evenson Stunt Double Jon Peters Executive Producer Alice Walker Novel Menno Meyjes Screenplay Fred Steiner Orchestrator Tony Brubaker Stunts Kathleen Kennedy Producer Bo Welch Art Direction Randy Kerber Orchestrator Steven Spielberg Producer, Director