Movie · 1991
Fried Green Tomatoes
“The secret of life? The secret's in the sauce.”
Released 27 December 1991 130 min Drama / Comedy More from 1991 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Amidst her own personality crisis, a southern housewife meets an outgoing old woman who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode and Ruth Jamison, two young women who experienced hardships and love in 1920s Whistle Stop, Alabama.
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How old were they?
Jessica Tandy
as Ninny Threadgoode
Cicely Tyson
as Sipsey
Lois Smith
as Mama Threadgoode
Danny Nelson
as Papa Threadgoode
Timothy Scott
as Smokey Lonesome
Raynor Scheine
as Sheriff Curtis Smoote
Fannie Flagg
as Teacher
Gailard Sartain
as Ed Couch
Suzi Bass
as Nurse
Kathy Bates
as Evelyn Couch
Richard Riehle
as Reverend Scroggins
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
as Janeen
Carol Mitchell-Leon
as Sue Otis
Stan Shaw
as Big George
Gary Basaraba
as Grady Kilgore
Nick Searcy
as Frank Bennett
Mary-Louise Parker
as Ruth Jamison
Mary Stuart Masterson
as Idgie Threadgoode
Chris O'Donnell
as Buddy Threadgoode
Jo Harvey Allen
as Woman's Awareness Teacher
Tom Even
as Judge
David Dwyer
as Hooded Man
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The numbers
61years between the oldest and youngest billed
82Jessica Tandy — oldest on the call sheet
21Chris O'Donnell — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast