Kathy Bates character Evelyn Couch
Mary-Louise Parker character Ruth Jamison
Jessica Tandy character Ninny Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson character Sipsey
Mary Stuart Masterson character Idgie Threadgoode
Chris O'Donnell character Buddy Threadgoode
Stan Shaw character Big George
Gailard Sartain character Ed Couch
Timothy Scott character Smokey Lonesome
Gary Basaraba character Grady Kilgore
Lois Smith character Mama Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen character Woman's Awareness Teacher
Fannie Flagg character Teacher
Suzi Bass character nurse
Tom Even character Judge
Afton Smith character Leona Threadgoode
Haynes Brooke character Older Julian Threadgoode
Wallace Merck character KKK Man
Richard Riehle character Reverend Scroggins
Constance Shulman character Missy
Nick Searcy character Frank Bennett
Macon McCalman character Prosecutor Percy
Raynor Scheine character Sheriff Curtis Smoote
Grace Zabriskie character Eva Bates
Reid Binion character Young Julian Threadgoode
Danny Nelson character Papa Threadgoode
Nancy Moore Atchison character Little Idgie Threadgoode
Ginny Parker character Ruth's Mother
Tres Holton character Boy at Supermarket
Ron McCall character Ocie
David Dwyer character Hooded Man
Lashondra Phillips character Young Naughty Bird
Kathy Larson character Beetle Girl #1
Missy Wolff character Beetle Girl #2
LaTanya Richardson Jackson character Janeen
Grayson Fricke character Buddy Threadgoode Jr.
Enjolik Oree character Older Naughty Bird
Genevieve Fisher character Peggy Hadley
Bob Hannah character Defense Attorney
Ted Manson character Bailiff
Carol Mitchell-Leon character Sue Otis
Evan Lockwood character Tim
