Oprah Winfrey

Mattie Michael

Mary Alice

Fannie Michael

Olivia Cole

Miss Sophie

Robin Givens

Kiswana / Melanie Browne

Moses Gunn

Ben

Paula Kelly

Theresa

Lonette McKee

Lorraine

Barbara Montgomery

Miss Eva Turner

Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

Cora Lee

Leon

Abshu

Lynn Whitfield

Ciel

Paul Winfield

Sam Michael

William Allen Young

Eugene

Cicely Tyson

Mrs. Browne

Bruce Beatty

Crony

William Frankfather

Judge

Clark Johnson

Butch Fuller

Homeselle Joy

Betina

Eugene Lee

Basil

Bebe Drake

Cleo

Glenn Plummer

C. C. Baker

Roxanne Reese

Alfreda

Douglas Turner Ward

Reverend Woods

Samm-Art Williams

Cecil Garvin

Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard

Brucie

Maya Leonard

Diedre

Phill Lewis

Bottom

Bee-Be Smith

Hippolyta

Larenz Tate

Sammy

Geoffrey Thorne

Theseus

Alexander Gruszynski

Director of Photography

Donna Deitch

Director

Patricia K. Meyer

Producer

Barbara Black

Line Producer

Carole Isenberg

Executive Producer

Reuben Cannon

Producer

Oprah Winfrey

Executive Producer

David Shire

Original Music Composer

Gloria Naylor

Novel

Karen Hall

Teleplay