2021How It Feels to Be Free— Self (archival footage)
2020A Fall from Grace— Alice
2019The Other Boys of Summer— Narrator
2017Sıkı Dostlar— Mrs. Hightower
2016Showing Roots— Hattie
2016Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise— Self
2014The Trip to Bountiful— Mrs. Watts
2012Alex Cross— Nana Mama
2010Why Did I Get Married Too?— Ola
2009Relative Stranger— Pearl
2006Idlewild— Mother Hopkins
2006Madea's Family Reunion— Myrtle
2006Fat Rose and Squeaky— Celine
2005Sevgili Köpeğim— Gloria Dump
2005Deli Bir Siyah Kadının Günlüğü— Myrtle
2002The Rosa Parks Story— Leona Edwards McCauley
2002Remembering Roots— Self
2001Jewel— Cathedral
1999A Lesson Before Dying— Tante Lou
1998Her Zaman Silahlı Her Zaman Kalabalık— Luvia
1998Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes— Self
1997Gangsterler Diyarı— Stephanie St. Clair
1997Ms. Scrooge— Ms. Ebenita Scrooge
1997Blessed Assurance— Vesta Lotte Battle
1997Riot— Maggie
1997Bridge of Time— Guardian
1996The Road to Galveston— Jordan Roosevelt
1994Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All— Castralia
1993House of Secrets— Evangeline
1992Duplicates— Dr. Randolph
1992When No One Would Listen— Sarah
1991Kızarmış Yeşil Domatesler— Sipsey
1990Heat Wave— Ruthana Richardson
1990The Kid Who Loved Christmas— Etta Mercer
1989The Women of Brewster Place— Mrs. Browne
1989The Women of Brewster Place
1986Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story— Muriel
1986Acceptable Risks— Janet Framm
1986Intimate Encounters— Dr. Claire Dalton
1986An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
1985Playing with Fire— Carol Phillips
1982Benny's Place— Odessa
1982Night of 100 Stars— Self
1981Bustin' Loose— Vivian Perry
1981The Marva Collins Story— Marva Collins
1979Kartal Kayboldu— Elaine
1977A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich— Sweets
1977Wilma— Blanche Rudolph
1976The River Niger— Mattie Williams
1976The Blue Bird— Tylette
1976Just an Old Sweet Song— Priscilla Simmons
1976Everybody Rides the Carousel— Self - Introducer
1974The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman— Jane Pittman
1974Free to Be… You and Me— Self
1972Sounder— Rebecca Morgan
1971Marriage: Year One— Emma Teasley
1971Neighbors— Vicky Gunther
1969To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
1968The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter— Portia Copeland
1967The Comedians— Marie Therese
1966A Man Called Adam— Claudia Ferguson
1960A Morning For Jimmy— Sister
1959Odds Against Tomorrow— Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)
1959The Last Angry Man— Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)
1956Carib Gold— Dottie
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