Porgy and Bess (1959)

Rating: 7.5 of 10

Below is the list of the 30 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.

Sidney Poitier as Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge as Bess

Sammy Davis Jr. as Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey as Maria

Brock Peters as Crown

Leslie Scott as Jake

Diahann Carroll as Clara

Ruth Attaway as Serena Robbins

Claude Akins as Detective

Clarence Muse as Peter

Everdinne Wilson as Annie

Joel Fluellen as Robbins

Earl Jackson as Mingo

Moses LaMarr as Nelson

Margaret Hairston as Lily

Ivan Dixon as Jim

Antoine Durousseau as Scipio

Helen Thigpen as Strawberry woman

Vince Townsend as Elderly man

Bill Walker as Undertaker

Roy Glenn as Frazier

Maurice Manson as Coroner

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