Character Name : Petunia Jackson

Original Name : Ethel Waters

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Original Name : Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georgia Brown

Original Name : Lena Horne

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Trumpeter

Original Name : Louis Armstrong

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Original Name : Rex Ingram

Gender : Male

Character Name : The General / Rev. Greene

Original Name : Kenneth Spencer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Domino Johnson

Original Name : John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Original Name : Oscar Polk

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Idea Man

Original Name : Mantan Moreland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Idea Man

Original Name : Willie Best

Gender : Male

Character Name : Third Idea Man

Original Name : Fletcher Rivers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fourth Idea Man

Original Name : Leon James Poke

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bill

Original Name : Bill Bailey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Messenger Boy

Original Name : Ford Washington Lee

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lily

Original Name : Butterfly McQueen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Kelso

Original Name : Ruby Dandridge

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dude

Original Name : Nick Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jim Henry

Original Name : Ernest Whitman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Jules Adger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Doris Ake

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Juliette Ball

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Lennie Bluett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Bernard Bradley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Daisy Bufford

Gender : Female

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Jas. Burch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Curry Lee Calmes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Original Name : Rita Christiani

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Vivian Dandridge

Gender : Female

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : June Decuire

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Dorothea Durham

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duke Ellington (uncredited)

Original Name : Duke Ellington

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Byron Ellis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Kelso / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Joel Fluellen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Louise Franklin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Original Name : William Gillespie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Suzette Harbin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Avanelle Harris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)

Original Name : Kathleen Hartsfield

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Maggie Hathaway

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Cleo Herndon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Lawaune Ingram

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Bobby Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boy in Church (uncredited)

Original Name : Glenn Leedy

Gender : Male

Character Name : Whistling Solo in 'Take a Chance on Love' (uncredited)

Original Name : Meade 'Lux' Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Original Name : Juanita Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Tommie Moore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Jieno Moxzer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Florence O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Neva Peoples

Gender : Male

Character Name : Churchgoer (uncredited)

Original Name : Amanda Randolph

Gender : Female

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Louise Ritchie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Henry Phace Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Carmencita Romero

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doctor (uncredited)

Original Name : Clinton Rosemond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Archie Savage

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Original Name : Edward C. Short

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Johnny Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Churchgoer (uncredited)

Original Name : Ernestine Wade

Gender : Male

Character Name : Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Original Name : Arthur Walker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Original Name : Artie Young

Gender : Female