

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

Screenplay

Novel
Screenplay
Supervising Sound Editor
Executive Producer

Supervising Sound Editor
Co-Producer
Co-Producer
Music Supervisor

Executive Producer

Producer
Casting Director
Associate Producer
Music Supervisor
Sound Mixer
Hairstylist
Executive Producer
Music Editor
Set Decoration
Stunt Coordinator
Co-Producer
Makeup Artist
Executive Producer
Producer
Associate Producer
Art Direction

Editor

Original Music Composer
Costume Design
Production Design
Director of Photography

Stunts
Stunts
Stunts

Stunts
Stunts
Second Assistant Director
First Assistant Director
Key Hair Stylist
Gaffer