The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
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as Evelyn Couch
AliveBorn: June 28, 1948
Age: 78
Memphis, Tennessee, USA
as Ninny Threadgoode
DeceasedBorn: June 7, 1909
Died: September 11, 1994
Age at death: 85
as Ruth Jamison
AliveBorn: August 2, 1964
Age: 62
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA
as Idgie Threadgoode
AliveBorn: June 28, 1966
Age: 60
Los Angeles, California, USA
as Sipsey
DeceasedBorn: December 19, 1924
Died: January 28, 2021
Age at death: 96
as Big George
AliveBorn: July 14, 1952
Age: 74
Chicago, Illinois, USA
as Buddy Threadgoode
AliveBorn: June 26, 1970
Age: 56
Winnetka, Illinois, USA
as Ed Couch
DeceasedBorn: September 18, 1946
Died: June 17, 2025
Age at death: 78
as Smokey Lonesome
DeceasedBorn: July 20, 1937
Died: June 14, 1995
Age at death: 57
as Grady Kilgore
AliveBorn: March 16, 1959
Age: 67
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
as Mama Threadgoode
AliveBorn: November 3, 1930
Age: 95
Topeka, Kansas, USA
as Woman's Awareness Teacher
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Teacher
AliveBorn: September 21, 1944
Age: 81
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
as Nurse
DeceasedBorn: December 29, 1946
Died: May 17, 2002
Age at death: 55
as Judge
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Leona Threadgoode
AliveBorn: December 3, 1967
Age: 58
Northport, Long Island, New York, USA
as Older Julian Threadgoode
AliveBirth date not on record.
as KKK Man
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Reverend Scroggins
AliveBorn: May 12, 1948
Age: 78
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, USA
as Missy
AliveBorn: April 4, 1958
Age: 68
Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
as Frank Bennett
AliveBorn: March 7, 1959
Age: 67
Cullowhee, North Carolina, USA
as Prosecutor Percy
DeceasedBorn: December 30, 1932
Died: November 29, 2005
Age at death: 72
as Sheriff Curtis Smoote
AliveBorn: January 19, 1942
Age: 84
Emporia, Virginia, USA
as Eva Bates
AliveBorn: May 17, 1941
Age: 85
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
as Young Julian Threadgoode
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Papa Threadgoode
DeceasedBorn: March 16, 1935
Died: June 19, 2010
Age at death: 75
as Little Idgie Threadgoode
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ruth's Mother
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Boy at Supermarket
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ocie
AliveBirth date not on record.
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