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Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess (1959)

Rating: 7.5 of 10

Below is the list of the top billed actors that worked in Porgy and Bess. When you find the person you are looking for, click on the link to view a list of actors they have worked with.


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Sidney Poitier as Porgy

Has previous starred with Bill Walker (2 movies), Diahann Carroll (2 movies)

Dorothy Dandridge as Bess

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life

Has previous starred with Roy Glenn (2 movies), Loulie Jean Norman (2 movies), Maurice Manson (2 movies)

Pearl Bailey as Maria

Has previous starred with Diahann Carroll (2 movies), Dorothy Dandridge (2 movies)

Brock Peters as Crown

Has previous starred with Pearl Bailey (2 movies), Diahann Carroll (2 movies), Dorothy Dandridge (2 movies), Bill Walker (3 movies), Nichelle Nichols (3 movies)

Leslie Scott as Jake

Diahann Carroll as Clara

Has previous starred with Dorothy Dandridge (2 movies)

Ruth Attaway as Serena Robbins

Claude Akins as Detective

Has previous starred with Sidney Poitier (2 movies), Roy Glenn (2 movies)

Clarence Muse as Peter

Has previous starred with Bill Walker (2 movies), Sidney Poitier (2 movies)

Everdinne Wilson as Annie

Joel Fluellen as Robbins

Has previous starred with Sidney Poitier (2 movies), Maurice Manson (2 movies), Dorothy Dandridge (4 movies), Clarence Muse (4 movies), Bill Walker (8 movies), Roy Glenn (13 movies)

Earl Jackson as Mingo

Moses LaMarr as Nelson

Margaret Hairston as Lily

Ivan Dixon as Jim

Has previous starred with Joel Fluellen (2 movies), Roy Glenn (2 movies), Clarence Muse (2 movies), Diahann Carroll (2 movies), Dorothy Dandridge (2 movies), Sidney Poitier (4 movies)

Antoine Durousseau as Scipio

Helen Thigpen as Strawberry woman

Vince Townsend as Elderly man

Bill Walker as Undertaker

Has previous starred with Dorothy Dandridge (3 movies), Ruth Attaway (3 movies)

Roy Glenn as Frazier

Has previous starred with Brock Peters (2 movies), Diahann Carroll (2 movies), Dorothy Dandridge (2 movies), Pearl Bailey (3 movies), Sidney Poitier (4 movies), Bill Walker (10 movies)

Maurice Manson as Coroner

Has previous starred with Nichelle Nichols (2 movies)

Adele Addison as Bess

Geoffrey Holder as Dancer

Inez Matthews as Serena

Loulie Jean Norman as Clara

Maya Angelou as Dancer

Nichelle Nichols as Dancer

Robert McFerrin as Porgy

Scatman Crothers as Crabman

Has previous starred with Brock Peters (2 movies), Joel Fluellen (2 movies), Roy Glenn (2 movies), Nichelle Nichols (2 movies), Bill Walker (3 movies)

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