Wilma

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

Arthur J. Ornitz

Director of Photography

Bud Greenspan

Producer, Writer, Director

William L. Cahn

Editor

Ned Parsons

Art Direction

Cappy Petrash Greenspan

Executive Producer

Irwin Bazelon

Original Music Composer