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1998 | DIRECTED BY JONATHAN DEMME

Beloved

Directed by

Written by

Writer
Role
 
Adam Brooks
Screenplay
 
Akosua Busia
Screenplay
 
Richard LaGravenese
Screenplay
 
Toni Morrison
Novel

Music by

Artist
Role
 
Rachel Portman
Music

Starring

Actors
Character
 
Yada Beener
Denver aged 9
 
Emil Pinnock
Howard aged 14
 
Calen Johnson
Buglar aged 13
 
Oprah Winfrey
Sethe
 
Beah Richards
Baby Suggs
 
Danny Glover
Paul D
 
Kimberly Elise
Denver
 
Jude Ciccolella
Schoolteacher
 
Kessia Embry
Amy Denver
 
Dashiell Eaves
Schoolteacher's Nephew
 
LisaGay Hamilton
Younger Sethe
 
Tyler Hinson
Baby Beloved
 
Brian Hooks
Young Paul D
 
Hill Harper
Halle
 
George E. Ray
Reverend Pike
 
Wes Bentley
Schoolteacher's Nephew
 
Irma P. Hall
Ella
 
Dorothy Love Coates
M. Lucille Williams
 
Vertamae Grosvenor
Grace
 
Angie Utt
Mrs. Garner
 
Jim Roche
String Show Barker
 
Frederick Strother
African Savage
 
Lillian Smith
Lemonade Server
 
Ramona Castle
Carnival Kid
 
Aliya Robinson
Denver's Carnival Friend
 
Albert Hall
Stamp Paid
 
Brooklyn James
Carnival Kid
 
Anthony Chisholm
Langhorne
 
Nora Marlowe
Carnival Kid
 
Joe Toutebon
Frenchie
 
Brittany Hawkins
Young Girl Sethe
 
Alerte Belance
Nan
 
Ayoka Dorsey
Sethe's Mother
 
Ashleigh Watson
Baby Denver
 
Dajon Matthews
Howard aged 5
 
Norris Wiggins Jr.
Buglar aged 4
 
Tracey Walter
Slave Catcher
 
Terel Gibson
Buglar aged 21
 
Harry Northup
Sheriff
 
Damani Baker
Howard aged 22
 
Paul Lazar
General Store Proprietor
 
Robert W. Castle
Mr. Sawyer
 
Jane White
Lady Jones
 
Leigh Smiley
General Store Helper
 
Dan Olmstead
Policeman
 
Jiggs Walker
Good Samaritan
 
Charles Glenn
Helpful Gentleman
 
Carol Jean Lewis
Janey Wagon
 
Jason Robards
Mr. Bodwin
 
Anthony S. Calypso
Denver's Boyfriend
 
Ysaye M. Barnwell
The Thirty Women
 
Aisha Kahlil
The Thirty Women
 
Trazana Beverley
One of 'The Thirty Women'
 
Carol Maillard
One of 'The Thirty Women'
 
Cecelia Ann Birt
The Thirty Women
 
Dianne McIntyre
The Thirty Women
 
Grace Blake
The Thirty Women
 
Gaynielle Neville
The Thirty Women
 
Jordan Cael
The Thirty Women
 
Madeline Preston
The Thirty Women
 
Nitanju Bolade Casel
The Thirty Women
 
Mattilyn Rochester Kravitz
The Thirty Women
 
Edwidge Danticat
The Thirty Women
 
Millicent Sparks
The Thirty Women
 
Yanick Etienne
The Thirty Women
 
Lisa Summerour
The Thirty Women
 
Denise Gassant
The Thirty Women
 
Ophelia M. Turner
The Thirty Women
 
Frances Gray
The Thirty Women
 
Karen Vicks
One of 'The Thirty Women'
 
Thelma Houston
The Thirty Women
 
Willa Ward
The Thirty Women
 
Louise Johnson
The Thirty Women
 
Pauletta Washington
The Thirty Women
 
Jacqueline Celestin Fils-Aime
The Thirty Women
 
Oumou Sangare
Ancestor Vocals
 
Hazel Fernandes
Featured Singer
 
Jeremy Benbow
Stamp Paid's Boy #2
 
Len Berdick
Guard of Slaves
 
Cynthia Biggs
Cynthia (Clearing Singer #2)
 
Daniel Capellaro
Paperboy
 
Anthony Cook
Man Pushing WheelBarrel
 
Jahmal Curtis
Stamp Paid's Boy #1
 
Katy Dierlam
Helen Melon
 
Brother Eden Douglas
Swine Wrangler - Sethe's Neighbor
 
Lionel Douglass
Fry Man
 
Belito Garcia
Slave
 
Stanley Glenn
Barber Shop Man #2
 
Harold Gould
Barber Shop Man #4
 
Annette Hardeman
Annette (Clearing Singer #4)
 
Frank Hartman
Frank the Human Volcano
 
Faith Grace Johnson
30 Mile Woman
 
Bonnie Loev
Carriage Passenger
 
Michelle Marcelle
Abu Snake Charmer
 
Nancy Marron-Asti
Widow / Mom
 
Ned Martin
Gardner / farm hand
 
Warren Miller
Sands of Time Teller
 
Charles Napier
Angry Carny
 
Joey Perillo
The Carnival Barker
 
Jimmy Joe Roche
Carny Family Member
 
Lauren Roselli
Carnival Gypsy
 
Edward Saxon
Man with Rubbery Face
 
Cue Shepherd
Slave
 
Rema Webb
The Thirty Women
 
Portia West
Portia (Clearing Singer #1)
 
Ford Wheeler
Egyptian Giant