Purlie
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.
Cast
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Robert Guillaume
Played Purlie
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Melba Moore
Played Lutiebelle
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Sherman Hemsley
Played Gitlow
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Linda Hopkins
Played Sister Hopkins
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Rhetta Hughes
Played Missy
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Brandon Maggart
Played Ol' Cap'n
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Don Scardino
Played Charlie
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Clarice Taylor
Played Idella
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Loretta Abbott
Played Ensemble
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Brenda Braxton
Played Ensemble
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P.L. Brown
Played Ensemble
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Olivia Detante
Played Ensemble
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Suzzanne Douglas
Played Ensemble
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Cisco Drayton
Played Ensemble
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Tanya Gibson
Played Ensemble
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Michael Goring
Played Ensemble
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Milt Grayson
Played Ensemble
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Lawrence Hamilton
Played Ensemble
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Clinton King Keen
Played Ensemble
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Mildred Lane
Played Ensemble
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Judy Leak
Played Ensemble
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Eugene Little
Played Ensemble
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Pauletta Washington
Played Ensemble
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Lou Ann Pickett
Played Ensemble
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Herbert Rawlings
Played Ensemble
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Renee Rose
Played Ensemble
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Ted Ross
Played Ensemble
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Otis Sallid
Played Ensemble
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Henry Shaw
Played Ensemble
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Valerie Smith
Played Ensemble
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Jeffery V. Thompson
Played Ensemble
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Denessa Tobin
Played Ensemble
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David Weatherspoon
Played Ensemble
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