• 
  Donna Deitch

  regizor

• 
  Karen Hall

  scenarist

• 
  Oprah Winfrey

  Mattie Michael
• 
  Mary Alice

  Fannie Michael
• 
  Olivia Cole

  Sophie
• 
  Cicely Tyson

  dna. Browne
• 
  William Frankfather

  Judecător
• 
  Glenn Plummer

  C.C. Baker

• 
  Jackée Harry

  Etta Mae
• 
  Lynn Whitfield

  Ciel
• 
  Paul Winfield

  Sam Michael
• 
  Bebe Drake

  Cleo
• 
  Clark Johnson

  Butch
• 
  Larenz Tate

  Sammy
• 
  Lonette McKee

  Lorraine

• 
  Paula Kelly

  Theresa
• 
  Bruce Beatty

  Crony
• 
  Shari Belafonte
• 
  William Allen Young

  Eugene
• 
  Robin Givens

  Kiswana
• 
  Phill Lewis

  Bottom
• 
  Moses Gunn

  Ben
• 
  Jinaki

  Tenant #3
• 
  Vanessa Bell Armstrong

   Gospel Singer (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Vivian Bonnell

   Black Woman (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Olivia Cole

   Miss Sophie (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Montrose Hagins

   Mourner (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Homeselle Joy

   Betina (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Eugene Lee

   Basil (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Leon

   Abshu (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Jonathan 'Fudge' Leonard

   Brucie (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Maya Leonard

   Diedre (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Molly McClure

   White Woman (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Barbara Montgomery

   Miss Eva Turner (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Ray Oliver

   Cab Driver (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Eddie Palmer

   Little Basil (age 5) (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Veronica Redd

   Tenant #2 (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Roxanne Reese

   Alfreda (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Adrian Ricard

   Tenant #4 (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Bee-Be Smith

   Hippolyta (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Ebonie Smith

   Little Ciel (age 7) (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Sheekeena Smith

   Girl on Skates (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Phyllis Yvonne Stickney

   Cora Lee (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Ta-Tanisha

   Tenant #1 (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Geoffrey Thorne

   Theseus (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Douglas Turner Ward

   Reverend Woods (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Charles Weldon

   Tenant #5 (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Paul Williams

   Teenage Guy (2 episodes, 1989)
• 
  Samm-Art Williams

   Cecil Garvin (2 episodes, 1989)