Kathy Bates:Evelyn Couch;Mary-Louise Parker:Ruth Jamison;Jessica Tandy:Ninny Threadgoode;Cicely Tyson:Sipsey;Mary Stuart Masterson:Idgie Threadgoode;Chris O'Donnell:Buddy Threadgoode;Stan Shaw:Big George;Gailard Sartain:Ed Couch;Timothy Scott:Smokey Lonesome;Gary Basaraba:Grady Kilgore;Lois Smith:Mama Threadgoode;Jo Harvey Allen:Woman's Awareness Teacher;Fannie Flagg:Teacher;Suzi Bass:nurse;Tom Even:Judge;Afton Smith:Leona Threadgoode;Haynes Brooke:Older Julian Threadgoode;Wallace Merck:KKK Man;Richard Riehle:Reverend Scroggins;Constance Shulman:Missy;Nick Searcy:Frank Bennett