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The Color Purple
Cast
55 members
Danny Glover
Albert
Whoopi Goldberg
Celie
Margaret Avery
Shug Avery
Oprah Winfrey
Sofia
Willard E. Pugh
Harpo
Akosua Busia
Nettie
Desreta Jackson
Young Celie
Adolph Caesar
Old Mr.
Rae Dawn Chong
Squeak
Dana Ivey
Miss Millie
Leonard Jackson
Pa
Bennet Guillory
Grady
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John Patton Jr.
Preacher
Carl Anderson
Reverend Samuel
Susan Beaubian
Corrine
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James Tillis
Buster
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Phillip Strong
Mayor
Laurence Fishburne
Swain
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Peto Kinsaka
Adam
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Lelo Masamba
Olivia
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Margaret Freeman
Odessa
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Howard Starr
Young Harpo
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Daphaine Oliver
Young Olivia
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Jadili Johnson
Young Adam
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Lillian Njoki Distefano
Young Tashi
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Donna Buie
Daisy
Leon Rippy
Store Clerk
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John R. Hart
Mailman
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David Thomas
Road Gang Leader
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Carrie Murphy
Loretta
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Juliet Poe
Church Sister
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Katie Simon
Church Sister
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Ethel Taylor
Church Sister
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Marcus Covington
Boy
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Marcus Liles
Boo
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April Myers
Emma
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Maurice Moore
Child #1
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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
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Roy Gaines
Jook Joint Musician
Paulinho da Costa
African Musician
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Nana Yaw Asiedu
African Musician
Clarence Avant
African Musician
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Bayo Martin
African Musician
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Ndugu Chandler
African Musician
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Jeffrey Kwashi
African Musician
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Pete Munzhi
African Musician
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Aniijia Rae Schockley
African Musician
Maria Howell
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Gayle King
Church-goer (uncredited)
Crew
37 members
Directing
Steven Spielberg
Director
Writing
Menno Meyjes
Screenplay
Alice Walker
Novel
Quincy Jones
Lyricist
Rod Temperton
Lyricist
Lionel Richie
Lyricist
Production
Quincy Jones
Producer
Jon Peters
Executive Producer
Kathleen Kennedy
Producer
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Frank Marshall
Producer
Peter Guber
Executive Producer
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Carole Isenberg
Producer
Camera
Allen Daviau
Director of Photography
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Robert Samuels
Second Assistant Camera
Sound
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
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Joel Rosenbaum
Orchestrator
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Jack Hayes
Orchestrator
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Jerry Hey
Orchestrator
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Andraé Crouch
Music Arranger
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Randy Kerber
Orchestrator
Fred Steiner
Orchestrator
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Jorge Calandrelli
Orchestrator
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David Del Sesto
Songs
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Bill Maxwell
Songs
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Andraé Crouch
Songs
Rod Temperton
Songs
Quincy Jones
Songs
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Alan L. Nineberg
ADR Editor
Art
Bo Welch
Art Direction
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Linda DeScenna
Set Decoration
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J. Michael Riva
Production Design
Costume & Make-Up
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Richard Alonzo
Makeup Artist
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Costume Design
Editing
Michael Kahn
Editor
Crew
Dana Dru Evenson
Stunt Double
Tony Brubaker
Stunts