

Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.

Evelyn Couch

Ninny Threadgoode

Ruth Jamison

Idgie Threadgoode

Sipsey

Big George

Buddy Threadgoode

Ed Couch

Smokey Lonesome

Grady Kilgore

Mama Threadgoode

Woman's Awareness Teacher

Teacher

Nurse

Judge

Leona Threadgoode

Older Julian Threadgoode

KKK Man

Reverend Scroggins

Missy

Frank Bennett

Prosecutor Percy

Sheriff Curtis Smoote

Eva Bates

Young Julian Threadgoode

Papa Threadgoode

Little Idgie Threadgoode

Ruth's Mother

Boy at Supermarket

Ocie

Hooded Man

Young Naughty Bird

Beetle Girl #1

Beetle Girl #2

Janeen

Buddy Threadgoode Jr.

Older Naughty Bird

Peggy Hadley

Defense Attorney

Bailiff

Sue Otis

Tim

Director

Novel

Screenplay

Screenplay

Casting Director

Co-Producer

Co-Producer

Co-Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Executive Producer

Producer

Producer

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Music Supervisor

Music Supervisor

Art Direction

Set Decoration

Makeup Artist

Hairstylist

Sound Mixer

Supervising Sound Editor

Supervising Sound Editor

Music Editor

Stunt Coordinator

Costume Design

Production Design

Original Music Composer

Editor

Director of Photography

Stunts

Stunts

Stunts

Stunts

Stunts

Second Assistant Director

First Assistant Director

Key Hair Stylist

Gaffer