Show Boat

Irene Dunne

Magnolia Hawkes

Allan Jones

Gaylord Ravenal

Charles Winninger

Cap'n Andy Hawkes

Paul Robeson

Joe

Helen Morgan

Julie LaVerne

Helen Westley

Parthenia "Parthy" Hawkes

Queenie Smith

Ellie May Chipley

Sammy White

Frank Schultz

Donald Cook

Steve Baker

Hattie McDaniel

Queenie

Francis X. Mahoney

Rubber Face

Marilyn Knowlden

Kim as a Child

Sunnie O'Dea

Kim - at Sixteen

Arthur Hohl

Pete

Charles Middleton

Sheriff Ike Vallon

Clarence Muse

Sam

E. E. Clive

Sir Arthur

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Boonville man speaking film's first line

J. Farrell MacDonald

Windy MacLaine

Maude Allen