Cast & creator
Alice Walker
Best known for The South Bank Show, The Color Purple, The Color Purple
Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist. In 1982, she became the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, which she was awarded for her novel The Color Purple. The book became a bestseller and was subsequently adapted into a critically acclaimed 1985 movie directed by Steven Spielberg, featuring Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg, as well as a 2005 Broadway musical totaling 910 performances. Over the span of her career, Walker has published seventeen novels and short story collections, twelve non-fiction works, and collections of essays and poetry.
Also known as: Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker
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film credits
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television credits
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1977–2024 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (26)
Showing 26 of 26 credits
The South Bank Show
1978
The Color Purple
Novel
2023The Color Purple
Executive Producer
2023
Hollywood Black
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Color Purple
Novel
1985
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
2013
The World According to Allee Willis
Self
2024
Flannery
Self
2019
Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Self
2023Oprah & The Color Purple Journey
Novel
2023
In Prison My Whole Life
Self
2008
Roller Blade Warriors: Taken by Force
Assistant Costume Designer
1989
The Color Purple at Home
Original Story
2021
Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
Self
2004
When I See Them, I See Us
2021
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
Self
2013
Warrior Marks
Producer
1994
Kudzu
Self/Author
1977
A Place of Rage
Self
1991
Daedalus
Sampled Interview (voice) (uncredited)
2024Everyday Use
Writer
2003
Diary of an African Nun
Short Story
1977
Renegade: The Life Story of David Icke
Self
2019
Yemanja: Wisdom from the African Heart of Brazil
Narrator
2015
Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
Self
1983
Visions of the Spirit: A Portrait of Alice Walker
Self
1989