丹尼·格洛弗
Danny Glover
饰：Albert
乌比·戈德堡
Whoopi Goldberg
饰：Celie Johnson
阿科苏阿·巴西亚
Akosua Busia
饰：Nettie Harris
阿道夫·恺撒
Adolph Caesar
饰：Old Mister Johnson
奥普拉·温弗瑞
Oprah Winfrey
饰：Sofia
威拉德·E·普
Willard E. Pugh
饰：Harpo Johnson (as Willard Pugh)
丹娜·爱薇
Dana Ivey
饰：Miss Millie
伦纳德·杰克逊
Leonard Jackson
饰：Pa Harris
劳伦斯·菲什伯恩
Laurence Fishburne
饰：Swain (as Larry Fishburne)
莱昂·里皮
Leon Rippy
饰：Store Clerk
德鲁·邦迪尼·布朗
Drew Bundini Brown
饰：Jook Joint Patron
Arnold F. Turner
Arnold F. Turner
饰：Jook Joint Patron (as Arnold Turner)
霍桑·詹姆斯
Hawthorne James
饰：Jook Joint Patron (as James Hawthorne)
马丽娅豪厄尔
Maria Howell
饰：Church Choir Soloist (uncredited)
玛格丽特·艾弗瑞
Margaret Avery
饰：Shug Avery
瑞伊·道恩·冲
Rae Dawn Chong
饰：Squeak
德斯雷塔·杰克逊
Desreta Jackson
饰：Young Celie Harris
贝内·吉约里
Bennet Guillory
饰：Grady
小约翰·巴顿
John Patton Jr.
饰：Preacher
苏珊·博宾
Susan Beaubian
饰：Corrine
James Tillis
饰：Buster
Phillip Strong
饰：Mayor
Peto Kinsaka
饰：Adam
Lelo Masamba
饰：Olivia
Margaret Freeman
饰：Odessa
Howard Starr
饰：Young Harpo
Daphaine Oliver
饰：Young Olivia
Jadili Johnson
饰：Young Adam
Lillian Njoki Distefano
饰：Young Tashi
Donna Buie
饰：Daisy
John R. Hart
饰：Mailman
David Thomas
饰：Road Gang Leader
Carrie Murray
饰：Loretta
Juliet Poe
饰：Church Sister
Katie Simon
饰：Church Sister
Ethel Taylor
饰：Church Sister
Marcus Covington
饰：Boy
Marcus Liles
饰：Boo
April Myres
饰：Emma
毛里斯穆尔
Maurice Moore
饰：Child #1
Lechanda Latharp
饰：Child #2
詹尼斯·波尼德克斯特
Jeris Poindexter
饰：Jook Joint Patron (as Jeris Lee Poindexter)
Sonny Terry
饰：Jook Joint Musician (as Saunders Sonny Terry)
Greg Phillinganes
饰：Jook Joint Musician
Roy Gaines
饰：Jook Joint Musician
Paulinho Da Costa
饰：African Musician
Nana Yaw Asiedu
饰：African Musician
Clarence Avant
饰：African Musician
Bayo Martin
饰：African Musician
Ndugu Chancler
饰：African Musician
Jeffrey Kwashi
饰：African Musician
Pete Munzhi
饰：African Musician
Aniijia Rae Schockley
饰：African Musician
盖尔·金
Gayle King
饰：Church-goer (uncredited)
Madison T. Shockley Sr.
饰：African Chief (uncredited)
卡尔·安德森
Carl Andersson
饰：Reverend Samuel