Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Jon Avnet.

Cast

• 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

Crew

• Jon Avnet — Director
• Fannie Flagg — Screenplay
• Fannie Flagg — Novel
• Carol Sobieski — Screenplay
• Jon Avnet — Producer
• Jordan Kerner — Producer
• Thomas Newman — Original Music Composer
• Geoffrey Simpson — Director of Photography

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