
Purlie ( 1981 )
Overview
Purlie 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.
Top Cast

Robert Guillaume
Purlie

Melba Moore
Lutiebelle

Sherman Hemsley
Gitlow

Linda Hopkins
Sister Hopkins

Rhetta Hughes
Missy

Brandon Maggart
Ol' Cap'n

Don Scardino
Charlie

Clarice Taylor
Idella
Loretta Abbott
Ensemble
Brenda Braxton
Ensemble

P.L. Brown
Ensemble
Olivia Detante
Ensemble

Suzzanne Douglas
Ensemble
Cisco Drayton
Ensemble
Tanya Gibson
Ensemble
Michael Goring
Ensemble
Milt Grayson
Ensemble
Lawrence Hamilton
Ensemble
Clinton King Keen
Ensemble
Mildred Lane
Ensemble
Judy Leak
Ensemble
Eugene Little
Ensemble

Pauletta Washington
Ensemble
Lou Ann Pickett
Ensemble
Herbert Rawlings
Ensemble
Renee Rose
Ensemble

Ted Ross
Ensemble

Otis Sallid
Ensemble
Henry Shaw
Ensemble
Valerie Smith
Ensemble
Jeffery V. Thompson
Ensemble
Denessa Tobin
Ensemble
David Weatherspoon
Ensemble
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