Waiting to Exhale (1995) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Forest Whitaker.

Cast

• Whitney Houston as Savannah
• Angela Bassett as Bernadine
• Loretta Devine as Gloria
• Lela Rochon as Robin
• Gregory Hines as Marvin
• Dennis Haysbert as Kenneth
• Mykelti Williamson as Troy
• Michael Beach as John, Sr.
• Leon as Russell
• Wendell Pierce as Michael
• Donald Faison as Tarik
• Jeffrey D. Sams as Lionel
• Jazz Raycole as Onika
• Brandon Hammond as John, Jr.
• Kenya Moore as Denise
• Lamont Johnson as Joseph
• Wren T. Brown as Minister
• Theo as On Air D.J.
• Ken Love as DJ at the Hermosa
• Graham Galloway as Fireman
• Starletta DuPois as Savannah's Mother
• Shari L. Carpenter as Savannah's Assistant
• Thomas R. Leander as Interviewer
• Cordell Conway as Group at Hermosa Table
• Lee Wells Jr. as Group at Hermosa Table
• Hope Brown as Group at Hermosa Table
• Delaina Mitchell as Tarik's Girl Friend
• Luis Sharpe as Herbert
• Joseph S. Myers as Security Guard at John's Office
• Ezra Swerdlow as Wild Bill
• Ellin La Var as Hairdresser
• Patricia Anne Fox as Customer at Hair Salon
• Wally Bujack as Judge
• Brenda Baldwin-Davis as Shopping Mall Extra (uncredited)
• William Bolander as Open Air Market Shopper / New Year's Eve Partier (uncredited)
• L. Scott Caldwell as Bernadine's Lawyer (uncredited)
• Kacee DeMasi as Musician (uncredited)
• Giancarlo Esposito as David Matthews (uncredited)
• Wanda-Lee Evans as Jane Millhouse (uncredited)
• Tom Hedrick as Neighbor (uncredited)

Crew

• Terry McMillan — Screenplay
• Forest Whitaker — Director
• Ezra Swerdlow — Producer
• Terry McMillan — Novel
• Ronald Bass — Screenplay
• Deborah Schindler — Producer
• Babyface — Original Music Composer
• Toyomichi Kurita — Director of Photography

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