The Color Purple (1985) Full Cast & Crew

Ratings

78%

7.8

85%

Financials

Revenue: $146,300,000

Budget: $15,000,000

Profit: + $131,300,000

Movie Details

Tag Line: It's about life. It's about love. It's about us.

Status: Released

Average Rating: 8

Release Date: Dec 18, 1985

Rating:

Run Time: 2h 34m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: United States of America

Production Companies: Amblin Entertainment , Warner Bros. Pictures , Warner Bros. , Guber/Peters Company

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Main Cast

Whoopi Goldberg

Celie Harris Johnson

Age : 68 | Popularity : 45%

Danny Glover

Albert Johnson (Mister)

Age : 77 | Popularity : 59%

Margaret Avery

Shug Avery

Age : 80 | Popularity : 6%

Oprah Winfrey

Sofia Johnson

Age : 70 | Popularity : 7%

Willard E. Pugh

Harpo Johnson

Age : 64 | Popularity : 5%

Akosua Busia

Nettie Harris

Age : 57 | Popularity : 11%

Desreta Jackson

Young Celie Harris

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Adolph Caesar

Old Mister

Age : 52 | Popularity : 3%

Rae Dawn Chong

Squeak (Mary Agnes)

Age : 63 | Popularity : 20%

Dana Ivey

Miss Millie

Age : 82 | Popularity : 13%

Leonard Jackson

Alphonso "Pa" Harris

Age : 96 | Popularity : 3%

Bennet Guillory

Grady

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

John Patton Jr.

Preacher

Age : 75 | Popularity : 3%

Carl Anderson

Reverend Samuel

Age : 86 | Popularity : 4%

Susan Beaubian

Corrine

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

James Tillis

Henry "Buster" Broadnax

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Phillip Strong

Mayor

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Laurence Fishburne

Swain

Age : 62 | Popularity : 33%

Peto Kinsaka

Adam

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lelo Masamba

Olivia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Margaret Freeman

Odessa

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Howard Starr

Young Harpo

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Daphaine Oliver

Young Olivia

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jadili Johnson

Young Adam

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lillian Njoki Distefano

Young Tashi

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Donna Buie

Daisy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Leon Rippy

Store Clerk

Age : 74 | Popularity : 12%

John R. Hart

Mailman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

David Thomas

Road Gang Leader

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Carrie Murphy

Loretta

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Juliet Poe

Church Sister

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Katie Simon

Church Sister

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ethel Taylor

Church Sister

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marcus Covington

Boy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marcus Liles

Boy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

April Myers

Emma

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Maurice Moore

Child #1

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Lechanda Latharp

Child #2

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Drew Bundini Brown

Jook Joint Patron

Age : 61 | Popularity : 3%

Arnold F. Turner

Jook Joint Patron

Age : 92 | Popularity : 3%

Jeris Poindexter

Jook Joint Patron

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hawthorne James

Jook Joint Patron

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Sonny Terry

Jook Joint Musician

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Greg Phillinganes

Jook Joint Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Roy Gaines

Jook Joint Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Paulinho da Costa

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Nana Yaw Asiedu

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Clarence Avant

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Bayo Martin

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ndugu Chandler

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Jeffrey Kwashi

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Pete Munzhi

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Aniijia Rae Schockley

African Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Maria Howell

Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Gayle King

Church-goer (uncredited)

Age : 69 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Steven Spielberg
Production	Producer	Steven Spielberg Kathleen Kennedy Frank Marshall Quincy Jones Carole Isenberg
	Executive Producer	Peter Guber Jon Peters
Editing	Editor	Michael Kahn
Art	Set Decoration	Linda DeScenna
	Art Direction	Bo Welch
	Production Design	J. Michael Riva
Writing	Screenplay	Menno Meyjes
	Novel	Alice Walker
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Aggie Guerard Rodgers
	Makeup Artist	Richard Alonzo
Camera	Director of Photography	Allen Daviau
	Second Assistant Camera	Robert Samuels
Sound	Original Music Composer	Quincy Jones
	Orchestrator	Jerry Hey Fred Steiner Joel Rosenbaum Jack Hayes Randy Kerber Jorge Calandrelli
	Music Arranger	Andraé Crouch
	ADR Editor	Alan L. Nineberg
Crew	Stunts	Tony Brubaker
	Stunt Double	Dana Dru Evenson
Department	Role	Name