Porgy and Bess (1959) | Full Cast

Otto Preminger

DIRECTOR

Rouben Mamoulian

DIRECTOR

Sidney Poitier

Porgy

Dorothy Dandridge

Bess

Sammy Davis Jr.

Sportin' Life

Pearl Bailey

Maria

Brock Peters

Crown

Leslie Scott

Jake

Diahann Carroll

Clara

Ruth Attaway

Serena Robbins

Claude Akins

Detective

Clarence Muse

Peter

Everdinne Wilson

Annie

Joel Fluellen

Robbins

Earl Jackson

Mingo

Moses LaMarr

Nelson

Margaret Hairston

Lily

Ivan Dixon

Jim

Antoine Durousseau

Scipio

Helen Thigpen

Strawberry woman

Vince Townsend Jr.

Elderly man

Bill Walker

Undertaker

Roy Glenn

Frazier

Maurice Manson

Coroner

Scatman Crothers

Crabman

Adele Addison

Bess(uncredited)(singingVoice)

Maya Angelou

Dancer(uncredited)

Geoffrey Holder

Dancer(uncredited)

Inez Matthews

Serena(uncredited)(singingVoice)

Robert McFerrin

Porgy(uncredited)(singingVoice)

Nichelle Nichols

Dancer(uncredited)

Loulie Jean Norman

Clara(uncredited)(singingVoice)

Ron Townson

Chorus(uncredited)