La Couleur pourpre

Danny Glover

Albert Johnson

Whoopi Goldberg

Celie Harris Johnson

Margaret Avery

Shug Avery

Oprah Winfrey

Sofia Johnson

Willard E. Pugh

Harpo Johnson

Akosua Busia

Nettie Harris

Desreta Jackson

Young Celie Harris

Adolph Caesar

Old Mister

Rae Dawn Chong

Squeak

Dana Ivey

Miss Millie

Leonard Jackson

Alphonso "Pa" Harris

Bennet Guillory

Grady

John Patton Jr.

Preacher

Carl Anderson

Reverend Samuel

Susan Beaubian

Corrine

James Tillis

Henry "Buster" Broadnax

Phillip Strong

Mayor

Laurence Fishburne

Swain

Peto Kinsaka

Adam

Lelo Masamba

Olivia

Margaret Freeman

Odessa

Howard Starr

Young Harpo

Daphaine Oliver

Young Olivia

Jadili Johnson

Young Adam

Lillian Njoki Distefano

Young Tashi

Donna Buie

Daisy

Leon Rippy

Store Clerk

John R. Hart

Mailman

David Thomas

Road Gang Leader

Carrie Murphy

Loretta

Juliet Poe

Church Sister

Katie Simon

Church Sister

Ethel Taylor

Church Sister

Marcus Covington

Boy

Marcus Liles

Boy

April Myers

Emma

Maurice Moore

Child #1

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

Roy Gaines

Jook Joint Musician

Paulinho da Costa

African Musician

Nana Yaw Asiedu

African Musician

Clarence Avant

African Musician

Bayo Martin

African Musician

Ndugu Chandler

African Musician

Jeffrey Kwashi

African Musician

Pete Munzhi

African Musician

Aniijia Rae Schockley

African Musician

Maria Howell

Church Choir Soloist (non-crédité)

Gayle King

Church-goer (non-crédité)