Top Cast
Shirley Jo Finney
Wilma Rudolph
Cicely Tyson
Blanche Rudolph
Jason Bernard
Coach Temple
Denzel Washington
Robert Eldridge, age 18
Joe Seneca
Ed Rudolph
Charles Blackwell
Coach Gray
Norman Matlock
Dr. Gordon
Réjane Magloire
Wilma, age 12
L. Warren Young
Post Office Assistant
Larry B. Scott
Robert Eldridge, age 12
Piper Carter
Wilma - Age 4
Pauletta Washington
Mae Faggs (as Paulette Pearson)
Andrea Frierson
Martha Hudson
Stacy Green
Tootie
Dury Cox
Pappy Marshall
Roger Askew
Dr. Williams
J. Franklin Taylor
Principal