Filmmakers
Above the lineJA
Director
Jon Avnet
CS
Screenplay
Carol Sobieski
FF
Screenplay
Fannie Flagg
GS
Cinematography
Geoffrey Simpson
Director of Photography
DN
Editing
Debra Neil-Fisher
Editor
TN
Music
Thomas Newman
Original Music Composer
BL
Production Design
Barbara Ling
EM
Costume Design
Elizabeth McBride
Cast
42KB
Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch
JT
Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode
MP
Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison
MM
Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode
CT
Cicely Tyson
Sipsey
SS
Stan Shaw
Big George
CO
Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode
GS
Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch
TS
Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome
GB
Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore
LS
Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode
JA
Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher
FF
Fannie Flagg
Teacher
SB
Suzi Bass
Nurse
TE
Tom Even
Judge
AS
Afton Smith
Leona Threadgoode
HB
Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Threadgoode
WM
Wallace Merck
KKK Man
RR
Richard Riehle
Reverend Scroggins
CS
Constance Shulman
Missy
NS
Nick Searcy
Frank Bennett
MM
Macon McCalman
Prosecutor Percy
RS
Raynor Scheine
Sheriff Curtis Smoote
GZ
Grace Zabriskie
Eva Bates
RB
Reid Binion
Young Julian Threadgoode
DN
Danny Nelson
Papa Threadgoode
NA
Nancy Moore Atchison
Little Idgie Threadgoode
GP
Ginny Parker
Ruth's Mother
TH
Tres Holton
Boy at Supermarket
RM
Ron McCall
Ocie
DD
David Dwyer
Hooded Man
LP
Lashondra Phillips
Young Naughty Bird
KL
Kathy Larson
Beetle Girl #1
MW
Missy Wolff
Beetle Girl #2
LJ
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Janeen
GF
Grayson Fricke
Buddy Threadgoode Jr.
EO
Enjolik Oree
Older Naughty Bird
GF
Genevieve Fisher
Peggy Hadley
BH
Bob Hannah
Defense Attorney
TM
Ted Manson
Bailiff
CM
Carol Mitchell-Leon
Sue Otis
EL
Evan Lockwood
Tim
Departments
33Production
- Deborah LoveAssociate Producer
- Barbara LingAssociate Producer
- David RubinCasting Director
- Martin HubertyCo-Producer
- Lisa LindstromCo-Producer
- Ric RondellCo-Producer
- Norman LearExecutive Producer
- Andrew MeyerExecutive Producer
- Anne Marie GillenExecutive Producer
- Tom TaylorExecutive Producer
- Jon AvnetProducer
- Jordan KernerProducer
Sound
- Bill BernsteinMusic Editor
- Kathy NelsonMusic Supervisor
- Arthur BakerMusic Supervisor
- Mary H. EllisSound Mixer
- Alan Robert MurraySupervising Sound Editor
- Walter NewmanSupervising Sound Editor
Art
- Larry FultonArt Direction
- Debra SchuttSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Cydney CornellHairstylist
- Colleen CallaghanKey Hair Stylist
- Fern BuchnerMakeup Artist
Lighting
- Morris FlamGaffer
Crew
- Kerrie CullenStunt Coordinator
- Bruce Paul BarbourStunts
- Laura DashStunts
- Dick HancockStunts
- Tracy Keehn-DashnawStunts
- Joy HooperStunts
Writing
- Fannie FlaggNovel
Directing
- Deborah LoveFirst Assistant Director
- Jeff RafnerSecond Assistant Director