Albert
Danny Glover
Celie
Whoopi Goldberg
Pa
Leonard Jackson
Grady
Bennet Guillory
Preacher
John Patton Jr.
Reverend Samuel
Carl Anderson
Corrine
Susan Beaubian
Buster
James Tillis
Mayor
Phillip Strong
Swain
Laurence Fishburne
Adam
Peto Kinsaka
Olivia
Lelo Masamba
Shug Avery
Margaret Avery
Odessa
Margaret Freeman
Young Harpo
Howard Starr
Young Olivia
Daphaine Oliver
Young Adam
Jadili Johnson
Young Tashi
Lillian Njoki Distefano
Daisy
Donna Buie
Store Clerk
Leon Rippy
Mailman
John R. Hart
Road Gang Leader
David Thomas
Loretta
Carrie Murphy
Sofia
Oprah Winfrey
Church Sister
Juliet Poe
Katie Simon
Ethel Taylor
Boy
Marcus Covington
Boo
Marcus Liles
Emma
April Myers
Child #1
Maurice Moore
Child #2
Lechanda Latharp
Jook Joint Patron
Drew Bundini Brown
Arnold F. Turner
Harpo
Willard E. Pugh
Jeris Poindexter
Hawthorne James
Jook Joint Musician
Sonny Terry
Greg Phillinganes
Roy Gaines
African Musician
Paulinho da Costa
Nana Yaw Asiedu
Clarence Avant
Bayo Martin
Ndugu Chandler
Nettie
Akosua Busia
Jeffrey Kwashi
Pete Munzhi
Aniijia Rae Schockley
Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
Maria Howell
Church-goer (uncredited)
Gayle King
Young Celie
Desreta Jackson
Old Mr.
Adolph Caesar
Squeak
Rae Dawn Chong
Miss Millie
Dana Ivey
Art Direction
Bo Welch
Director
Steven Spielberg
Producer
Executive Producer
Jon Peters
Stunts
Tony Brubaker
Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall
Orchestrator
Fred Steiner
Stunt Double
Dana Dru Evenson
Editor
Michael Kahn
Director of Photography
Allen Daviau
Screenplay
Menno Meyjes
Lyricist
Lionel Richie
Novel
Alice Walker
Peter Guber
Quincy Jones
Original Music Composer
Songs
Production Design
J. Michael Riva
Costume Design
Aggie Guerard Rodgers
Carole Isenberg
Makeup Artist
Richard Alonzo
Set Decoration
Linda DeScenna
Second Assistant Camera
Robert Samuels
Music Arranger
Andraé Crouch
Randy Kerber
Jorge Calandrelli
Joel Rosenbaum
Jerry Hey
Jack Hayes
Rod Temperton
David Del Sesto
Bill Maxwell
ADR Editor
Alan L. Nineberg