Casting La Couleur Pourpre
La Couleur Pourpre La Couleur Pourpre

Rôle : Shug Avery

Rôle : Harpo Johnson

Rôle : Nettie Harris

Rôle : Young Celie Harris

Rôle : Old Mister
- Squeak Rae Dawn Chong
- Miss Millie Dana Ivey
- Alphonso "Pa" Harris Leonard Jackson
- Grady Bennet Guillory
- Preacher John Patton Jr.
- Reverend Samuel Carl Anderson
- Corrine Susan Beaubian
- Henry "Buster" Broadnax James Tillis
- Mayor Phillip Strong
- Swain Laurence Fishburne
- Adam Peto Kinsaka
- Olivia Lelo Masamba
- Odessa Margaret Freeman
- Young Harpo Howard Starr
- Young Olivia Daphaine Oliver
- Young Adam Jadili Johnson
- Young Tashi Lillian Njoki Distefano
- Daisy Donna Buie
- Store Clerk Leon Rippy
- Mailman John R. Hart
- Road Gang Leader David Thomas
- Loretta Carrie Murphy
- Church Sister Juliet Poe
- Church Sister Katie Simon
- Church Sister Ethel Taylor
- Boy Marcus Covington
- Boy Marcus Liles
- Emma April Myers
- Child #1 Maurice Moore
- Child #2 Lechanda Latharp
- Jook Joint Patron Drew Bundini Brown
- Jook Joint Patron Arnold F. Turner
- Jook Joint Patron Jeris Poindexter
- Jook Joint Patron Hawthorne James
- Jook Joint Musician Sonny Terry
- Jook Joint Musician Greg Phillinganes
- Jook Joint Musician Roy Gaines
- African 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
- Church Choir Soloist (uncredited) Maria Howell
- Church-goer (uncredited) Gayle King