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