Beah Richards

as Self (archive footage)

as Baby Suggs

as Gertrude Turner

as Mae Benton

as Mrs. Cooper

as Emma

as Miss Lula

as Cora Simms

as Etta Mays

as Drug Counselor

as Helen

as Linda Cervi

as Miss Hanks

as Narcissa

as Verna

as Katherine

as Eleanor Williams

as Elvira Backus

as Martha Jordan

as Sally Framm

as Edna

as Miss Annie

as Ola Mae

as Emma Coop

as Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets

as Serita

as Regina

as Mae Porter

as Wendell's Grandma

as Zazu (voice)

as Cynthia Palmer

as Lilly Brooks

as Grandma

as Florence

as Grandma Bessie

as Thelma

as Mrs. Thatcher

as Jessie Blake

as Charity Tomlin

as Mama Tiny

as Rose Kincaid

as Mama Grant

as Sister Martha Gowen

as Mrs. Prentice

as Mama Caleba

as Rose Scott

as Hannah

as Idella Landy

as Viney (uncredited)

as Alice

as May Scott

as Grecco Maid