Ruth Brown (Motormouth Maybelle), Brook Yeaton (Tough Guy #1), Divine (Edna Turnblad / Arvin Hodgepile), James Adam Tucker (Cop), Tipper Burton (Wino), Dawn Hill (Nadine), Susan Lowe (Angry Mother), Matt Myers (Singing Bum), Leo Rocca (Governor John Millard Tawes), Debra Wirth (Shelly), Paul Zimmerman (Brent), Brenda Alford (Trinklette #2), Leslie Ann Powers (Penny Pingleton), Beverly Brigham (Snoopy Old Lady), Marcy Brodsky (Joke Store Customer), Alfie Brown (Street Lady #2), Robb Case (WZZT Official), Verna Day (Nadine's Mother), Robert Di Santo (Lafayette #3), Jason Downs (Bobby), Dorie Ellwood (Girl in Classroom), Rhea Feikin (Geometry Teacher), Jeff Gardner (Tough Guy #2), Al Granick (Lafayette #2), Wilbur Griffin (Teen Center Boy), Dan Griffith (Brad), Mollie Hall (Girl in Classroom), Regina Hammond (Pam), Jay Hillmer (Principal Davidson), Alan J. Wendl (Mr. Pinky (as Alan Wendl)), Mary Jefferson (Street Lady #1), Jennifer Johns (Amy), Kevin Joseph (Joke Store Customer), Bridget Kimsey (Consuella), Rosemary Knower (Mrs. Shipley), Maggie Linton (Trinklette #1), Frankie Maldon (Dash), Toussaint McCall (Zichzelf), Cyrkle Milbourne (L'il Inez), Ric Ocasek (Beatnik Cat (special apperances)), John Orofino (Fender), Jim Parisi (Governor's Aide), Clayton Prince (Seaweed), Keith Pruitt (Lead Lafayette (as Keith Douglas)), Doug Roberts (Paddy Pingleton), David Samson (WZZT Official), Colleen Simon (Girl in Lunchroom), Coley Sohn (Slapped Girl), Michael St. Gerard (Link Larkin), Cory Tabachow (Joke Store Customer), Shawn Thompson (Corny Collins), Lydia Troy (Mrs. Malinski), Margo Tully (First Lady), Carolyn Walker (Trinklette #3), Kathleen Wallace (Gym Teacher), Kim Webb (Carmelita), Donald Wheeler (Clinton), Pia Zadora (Beatnik Chick)

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Fox Network, Image Entertainment, New Line Cinema, New Line Home Video, RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Robert Shaye Production, Stanley F. Buchthal, Succéfilm AB