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Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson
Sipsey

Stan Shaw
Big George

Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch

Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome

Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore

Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode

Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher

Fannie Flagg
Teacher

Suzi Bass
Nurse
Tom Even
Judge
Afton Smith
Leona Threadgoode

Haynes Brooke
Older Julian Threadgoode
Wallace Merck
KKK Man

Richard Riehle
Reverend Scroggins

Constance Shulman
Missy
Jon Avnet
Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski
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