Ethel Waters

Petunia Jackson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson

Lena Horne

Georgia Brown

Louis Armstrong

The Trumpeter

Rex Ingram

Lucius / Lucifer Jr.

Kenneth Spencer

The General / Rev. Greene

John 'Bubbles' Sublett

Domino Johnson

Oscar Polk

The Deacon / Fleetfoot

Mantan Moreland

First Idea Man

Willie Best

Second Idea Man

Fletcher Rivers

Third Idea Man

Leon James Poke

Fourth Idea Man

Bill Bailey

Bill

Ford Washington Lee

Messenger Boy

Butterfly McQueen

Lily

Ruby Dandridge

Mrs. Kelso

Nick Stewart

Dude

Ernest Whitman

Jim Henry

Jules Adger

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Doris Ake

Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Juliette Ball

Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Lennie Bluett

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Bernard Bradley

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Daisy Bufford

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Jas. Burch

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Curry Lee Calmes

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Rita Christiani

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence / Jitterbugger (uncredited)

Vivian Dandridge

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

June Decuire

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Dorothea Durham

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington (uncredited)

Byron Ellis

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Joel Fluellen

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

Louise Franklin

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

William Gillespie

Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Suzette Harbin

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Avanelle Harris

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Kathleen Hartsfield

Dancer at Jim Henry's Paradise (uncredited)

Maggie Hathaway

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Cleo Herndon

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Lawaune Ingram

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Bobby Johnson

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Glenn Leedy

Boy in Church (uncredited)

Meade 'Lux' Lewis

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

Juanita Moore

Nightclub Patron / Churchgoer (uncredited)

Tommie Moore

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Jieno Moxzer

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Florence O'Brien

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Neva Peoples

Dancer / Jim Henry Patron (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

Churchgoer (uncredited)

Louise Ritchie

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Henry Phace Roberts

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Carmencita Romero

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

Doctor (uncredited)

Archie Savage

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Edward C. Short

Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Johnny Thomas

Dancer / Jim Henry's Paradise Patron (uncredited)

Ernestine Wade

Churchgoer (uncredited)

Arthur Walker

Soloist in 'Little Black Sheep' (uncredited)

Artie Young

Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)

Juano Hernández

Neighbor (uncredited)