Riven

Kathy Bates

as Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy

as Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker

as Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson

as Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson

as Sipsey

Stan Shaw

as Big George

Chris O'Donnell

as Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain

as Ed Couch

Timothy Scott

as Smokey Lonesome

Gary Basaraba

as Grady Kilgore

Lois Smith

as Mama Threadgoode

Jo Harvey Allen

as Woman's Awareness Teacher

Fannie Flagg

as Teacher

Suzi Bass

as Nurse

Tom Even

as Judge

Afton Smith

as Leona Threadgoode

Haynes Brooke

as Older Julian Threadgoode

Wallace Merck

as KKK Man

Richard Riehle

as Reverend Scroggins

Constance Shulman

as Missy

Nick Searcy

as Frank Bennett

Macon McCalman

as Prosecutor Percy

Raynor Scheine

as Sheriff Curtis Smoote

Grace Zabriskie

as Eva Bates

Reid Binion

as Young Julian Threadgoode

Danny Nelson

as Papa Threadgoode

Nancy Moore Atchison

as Little Idgie Threadgoode

Ginny Parker

as Ruth's Mother

Tres Holton

as Boy at Supermarket

Ron McCall

as Ocie

David Dwyer

as Hooded Man

Lashondra Phillips

as Young Naughty Bird

Kathy Larson

as Beetle Girl #1

Missy Wolff

as Beetle Girl #2

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

as Janeen

Grayson Fricke

as Buddy Threadgoode Jr.

Enjolik Oree

as Older Naughty Bird

Genevieve Fisher

as Peggy Hadley

Bob Hannah

as Defense Attorney

Ted Manson

as Bailiff

Carol Mitchell-Leon

as Sue Otis

Evan Lockwood

as Tim

Jon Avnet

Director

Fannie Flagg

Screenplay

Fannie Flagg

Novel

Carol Sobieski

Screenplay

Walter Newman

Supervising Sound Editor

Anne Marie Gillen

Executive Producer

Alan Robert Murray

Supervising Sound Editor

Lisa Lindstrom

Co-Producer

Ric Rondell

Co-Producer

Arthur Baker

Music Supervisor

Norman Lear

Executive Producer

Jon Avnet

Producer

David Rubin

Casting Director

Deborah Love

Associate Producer

Kathy Nelson

Music Supervisor

Mary H. Ellis

Sound Mixer

Cydney Cornell

Hairstylist

Andrew Meyer

Executive Producer

Bill Bernstein

Music Editor

Debra Schutt

Set Decoration

Kerrie Cullen

Stunt Coordinator

Martin Huberty

Co-Producer

Fern Buchner

Makeup Artist

Tom Taylor

Executive Producer

Jordan Kerner

Producer

Barbara Ling

Associate Producer

Larry Fulton

Art Direction

Debra Neil-Fisher

Editor

Thomas Newman

Original Music Composer

Elizabeth McBride

Costume Design

Barbara Ling

Production Design

Geoffrey Simpson

Director of Photography

Bruce Paul Barbour

Stunts

Laura Dash

Stunts

Dick Hancock

Stunts

Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw

Stunts

Joy Hooper

Stunts

Jeff Rafner

Second Assistant Director

Deborah Love

First Assistant Director

Colleen Callaghan

Key Hair Stylist

Morris Flam

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