

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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Cast

Kathy Bates
Evelyn Couch

Jessica Tandy
Ninny Threadgoode

Mary-Louise Parker
Ruth Jamison

Mary Stuart Masterson
Idgie Threadgoode

Cicely Tyson
Sipsey

Stan Shaw
Big George

Chris O'Donnell
Buddy Threadgoode

Gailard Sartain
Ed Couch

Timothy Scott
Smokey Lonesome

Gary Basaraba
Grady Kilgore

Lois Smith
Mama Threadgoode

Jo Harvey Allen
Woman's Awareness Teacher
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