Juanita Quigley
(as Baby Jessie Pullman, Age 3)
Rochelle Hudson
(as Jessie Pullman, Age 18)
Louise Beavers
(as Delilah Johnson)
Fredi Washington
(as Peola Johnson, Age 19)
Delilah Johnson:
What's my baby want?
Peola Johnson, Age 19: I want to be white, like I look.
Delilah Johnson: Peola!
Peola Johnson, Age 19: [gesturing to mirror] Look at me. Am I not white? Isn't that a white girl?
Peola Johnson, Age 19: I want to be white, like I look.
Delilah Johnson: Peola!
Peola Johnson, Age 19: [gesturing to mirror] Look at me. Am I not white? Isn't that a white girl?
Louise Beavers
(as Delilah Johnson)
Beatrice 'Bea' Pullman:
Don't you want your own house?
Delilah Johnson: No. How am I to take care of you and Miss Jessie if I aint here?
Delilah Johnson: No. How am I to take care of you and Miss Jessie if I aint here?