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) more..., 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) and others.

Steven Spielberg (Producer), Kathleen Kennedy (Producer), Michael Kahn (Editor), Linda DeScenna (Set Decoration), Frank Marshall (Producer), Menno Meyjes (Screenplay), Peter Guber (Executive Producer) more..., Jon Peters (Executive Producer), Bo Welch (Art Direction), J. Michael Riva (Production Design), Aggie Guerard Rodgers (Costume Design), Allen Daviau (Director of Photography), Alice Walker (Novel), Quincy Jones (Producer), Quincy Jones (Original Music Composer), Carole Isenberg (Producer), Richard Alonzo (Makeup Artist), Alan L. Nineberg (ADR Editor),