Jon Avnet Director, Producer Kathy Bates Evelyn Couch Actor Jessica Tandy Ninny Threadgoode Actor Mary Stuart Masterson Idgie Threadgoode Actor Mary-Louise Parker Ruth Jamison Actor Nick Searcy Frank Bennett Actor Gailard Sartain Ed Couch Actor Stan Shaw Big George Actor Cicely Tyson Sipsey Actor Gary Basaraba Grady Kilgore Actor Timothy Scott Smokey Lonesome Actor Fannie Flagg Screenwriter Carol Sobieski Screenwriter Yuriko Matsubara Executive Producer Anne Marie Gillen Executive Producer Norman Lear Executive Producer Andrew Meyer Executive Producer Tom Taylor Executive Producer Jordan Kerner Producer Geoffrey Simpson Cinematographer Debra Neil-Fisher Film Editing Thomas Newman Original Music Barbara Ling Production Design, Set Decoration Larry Fulton Art Director Elizabeth McBride Costume Design David Rubin Casting