Pearl Bailey

as Big Mama (voice)

as Frankie

as Marge

as Maria

as Beatrice Chambers

as Pearl Bailey

as Ruby

as Mother

as Gussie

as Aunt Hagar

as Self

as Addie

as Self (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

as Self

as Self

as Martha Dermody

as Animal

as Mrs. Elephant (voice)

as Bernice Sadie Brown