Movie · 1981
Ragtime
Released 20 November 1981 More from 1981 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
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How old were they?
Bessie Love
as Old Lady - T.O.C.
Donald O'Connor
as Evelyn's Dance Instructor
Ron Weyand
as Dr. Muller
Nesbitt Blaisdell
as Policeman No. 5
Ted Ross
as Black Lawyer
Pavel Landovský
as Solomon Peretz
Barry Dennen
as Stage Manager
Zack Norman
as Gent No. 2 - Manager
Billy J. Mitchell
as Delmas' Assistant No. 2
Andreas Katsulas
as Policeman No. 3
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Harry Houdini
Richard Griffiths
as Delmas' Assistant No. 1
Frankie Faison
as Gang Member No. 1
Samuel L. Jackson
as Gang Member No. 2
Howard Rollins
as Coalhouse Walker Jr.
Debbie Allen
as Sarah
Stuart Milligan
as Marksman
Calvin Levels
as Gang Member No. 3
Ethan Phillips
as Guard at Family House
Fran Drescher
as Mameh
Elizabeth McGovern
as Evelyn Nesbit
Val Pringle
as Clef Club Manager
Jeff Harding
as Policeman No. 13
Colette Hiller
as Lawyer's Female Companion No. 1
FR·02
The numbers
63years between the oldest and youngest billed
83Bessie Love — oldest on the call sheet
20Elizabeth McGovern — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast