Otto Preminger Director Rouben Mamoulian Director Sidney Poitier Porgy Actor Dorothy Dandridge Bess Actor Sammy Davis Jr. Sportin' Life Actor Pearl Bailey Maria Actor Brock Peters Crown Actor Leslie Scott Jake Actor Diahann Carroll Clara Actor Ruth Attaway Serena Robbins Actor Clarence Muse Peter Actor Everdinne Wilson Annie Actor Joel Fluellen Robbins Actor Earl Jackson Mingo Actor Margaret Hairston Lily Actor Ivan Dixon Jim Actor Antoine Durousseau Scipio Actor Helen Thigpen Strawberry woman Actor Bill Walker Undertaker Actor Roy Glenn Frazier Actor Maurice Manson Coroner Actor Claude Akins Detective Actor Dorothy Heyward Writer DuBose Heyward Writer, Writer, Lyricist N. Richard Nash Screenwriter Samuel Goldwyn Producer Leon Shamroy Cinematographer Daniel Mandell Film Editing George Gershwin Original Music Oliver Smith Production Design Serge Krizman Art Director Joseph C. Wright Art Director Howard Bristol Set Decoration Irene Sharaff Costume Design Frank McCoy Makeup Artist Layne Britton Makeup Artist Ira Gershwin Lyricist André Previn Conductor, Musical Supervisor