Movie
Fried Green Tomatoes
Released: December 27, 1991 (1991)
Runtime: 130 minutes
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Jessica Tandy as Ninny Threadgoode
Age at release: 82
- Cicely Tyson as Sipsey
Age at release: 67
- Timothy Scott as Smokey Lonesome
Age at release: 54
- Gailard Sartain as Ed Couch
Age at release: 45
- Kathy Bates as Evelyn Couch
Age at release: 43
- Stan Shaw as Big George
Age at release: 39
- Gary Basaraba as Grady Kilgore
Age at release: 32
- Mary-Louise Parker as Ruth Jamison
Age at release: 27
- Mary Stuart Masterson as Idgie Threadgoode
Age at release: 25
- Chris O'Donnell as Buddy Threadgoode
Age at release: 21
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- Lois Smith as Mama Threadgoode
Age at release: 61
- Macon McCalman as Prosecutor Percy
Age at release: 58
- Danny Nelson as Papa Threadgoode
Age at release: 56
- Grace Zabriskie as Eva Bates
Age at release: 50
- Raynor Scheine as Sheriff Curtis Smoote
Age at release: 49
- Fannie Flagg as Teacher
Age at release: 47
- Suzi Bass as Nurse
Age at release: 44
- Richard Riehle as Reverend Scroggins
Age at release: 43
- Constance Shulman as Missy
Age at release: 33
- Nick Searcy as Frank Bennett
Age at release: 32
- Afton Smith as Leona Threadgoode
Age at release: 24
- Jo Harvey Allen as Woman's Awareness Teacher
Age at release: Unknown
- Tom Even as Judge
Age at release: Unknown
- Haynes Brooke as Older Julian Threadgoode
Age at release: Unknown
- Wallace Merck as KKK Man
Age at release: Unknown
- Reid Binion as Young Julian Threadgoode
Age at release: Unknown
- Nancy Moore Atchison as Little Idgie Threadgoode
Age at release: Unknown
- Ginny Parker as Ruth's Mother
Age at release: Unknown
- Tres Holton as Boy at Supermarket
Age at release: Unknown
- David Dwyer as Hooded Man
Age at release: Unknown