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.
30
Cast members loaded
22
Alive
8
Deceased
73.3%
Still living
Showing 30 of 30 loaded cast members.
as Purlie
DeceasedBorn: November 30, 1927
Died: October 24, 2017
Age at death: 89
as Lutiebelle
AliveBorn: October 29, 1945
Age: 80
New York City, New York, United States
as Gitlow
DeceasedBorn: February 1, 1938
Died: July 24, 2012
Age at death: 74
as Sister Hopkins
DeceasedBorn: December 14, 1924
Died: April 10, 2017
Age at death: 92
as Missy
DeceasedBorn: November 9, 1953
Died: June 3, 2019
Age at death: 65
as Ol' Cap'n
AliveBorn: December 12, 1933
Age: 92
Carthage, Tennessee, USA
as Charlie
AliveBorn: February 17, 1949
Age: 77
New York City, New York, USA
as Idella
DeceasedBorn: September 20, 1917
Died: May 30, 2011
Age at death: 93
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBorn: August 7, 1956
Age: 70
Bronx, New York, USA
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
Los Angeles, California, U.S
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
DeceasedBorn: April 12, 1957
Died: July 6, 2021
Age at death: 64
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
DeceasedBorn: September 14, 1954
Died: April 3, 2014
Age at death: 59
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBorn: September 28, 1950
Age: 75
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
DeceasedBorn: June 30, 1934
Died: September 3, 2002
Age at death: 68
as Ensemble
AliveBorn: April 17, 1949
Age: 77
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ensemble
AliveBirth date not on record.
30 of 33 cast members loaded