Purlie
1981Purlie is a musical based on Ossie Davis' 1961 play Purlie Victorious. In the early days of the civil rights movement, a Southern plantation owner holds his sharecroppers in virtual slavery. Purlie comes home as a preacher who will shake things up and bring freedom to his people. This 1981 television adaptation won a CableACE Award.
Acted in
Robert Guillaume
as Purlie
Melba Moore
as Lutiebelle
Sherman Hemsley
as Gitlow
Linda Hopkins
as Sister Hopkins
Rhetta Hughes
as Missy
Brandon Maggart
as Ol' Cap'n
Don Scardino
as Charlie
Clarice Taylor
as Idella
Loretta Abbott
as Ensemble
Brenda Braxton
as Ensemble
P.L. Brown
as Ensemble
Olivia Detante
as Ensemble
Suzzanne Douglas
as Ensemble
Cisco Drayton
as Ensemble
Tanya Gibson
as Ensemble
Michael Goring
as Ensemble
Milt Grayson
as Ensemble
Lawrence Hamilton
as Ensemble
Clinton King Keen
as Ensemble
Mildred Lane
as Ensemble
Judy Leak
as Ensemble
Eugene Little
as Ensemble
Pauletta Washington
as Ensemble
Lou Ann Pickett
as Ensemble
Herbert Rawlings
as Ensemble
Renee Rose
as Ensemble
Ted Ross
as Ensemble
Otis Sallid
as Ensemble
Henry Shaw
as Ensemble
Valerie Smith
as Ensemble
Jeffery V. Thompson
as Ensemble
Denessa Tobin
as Ensemble
David Weatherspoon
as Ensemble