Ethel Waters
饰 Petunia Jackson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
饰 Joseph 'Little Joe' Jackson
Lena Horne
饰 Georgia Brown
Louis Armstrong
饰 The Trumpeter
Rex Ingram
饰 Lucius / Lucifer Jr.
Kenneth Spencer
饰 The General / Rev. Greene
John 'Bubbles' Sublett
饰 Domino Johnson
Oscar Polk
饰 The Deacon / Fleetfoot
Mantan Moreland
饰 First Idea Man
Willie Best
饰 Second Idea Man
Fletcher Rivers
饰 Third Idea Man
Leon James Poke
饰 Fourth Idea Man
Ford Washington Lee
饰 Messenger Boy
Ruby Dandridge
饰 Mrs. Kelso
Ernest Whitman
饰 Jim Henry
Jules Adger
饰 Specialty Dancer in Hell Sequence (uncredited)
Doris Ake
饰 Dancer / Jim Henry Paradise Patron (uncredited)
