2026Love in Exile
2018Poitier's Walter Lee— Self (archive footage)
2014Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee— Self
2013Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal— Self
2013Betty ve Coretta— Narrator
2012Kelimeler Yetmez— Annie McCall
2011Politics of Love
2011Video Girl— Valerie
2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll— Miss Candy
2009Amerika— Mrs. Harper
2009A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School— Narrator (voice)
2007Steam— Doris
2007In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema— Herself
2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson— Self
2007All About Us— Ms. Ella
2006No. 2— Nanna Maria
2006Discovering William Greaves— Self
2006The Way Back Home— Maude
2005Their Eyes Were Watching God— Nanny
2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks— Self
2004TV in Black: The First Fifty Years— (archive footage)
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'— Self
2001Feast of All Saints— Elsie Claviere
2001Taking Back Our Town— Emelda West
2000Finding Buck McHenry— Mrs. Henry
2000A Storm in Summer— Grandmother
1999Passing Glory— Mommit Porter
1999Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years— Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
1999Süper Bebekler— Margo
1999The Unfinished Journey— Narrator (voice)
1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand— Self
1998The Wall— Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
1998A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner— Narrator
1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood— Self
1997A Simple Wish— Hortence
1997Sports on the Silver Screen— Self (archive footage)
1996Mr. and Mrs. Loving— Sophia
1996Captive Heart: The James Mink Story— Indigo
1995Gizli Gerçek— Evangeline Ferguson
1995Tuesday Morning Ride— Jennie
1994Whitewash— Grandmother (voice)
1993Bir Buçuk Polis— Rachel
1993After Goodbye— Narrator
1993The Ernest Green Story— Lydia Wilson
1992Color Adjustment— Narrator
1991Orman Ateşi— Lucinda Purify
1991Jazztime Tale— Narrator (voice)
1990Love at Large— Corrine Dart
1990Decoration Day— Rowena
1990The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson— Jackie's Mother
1990Zora is My Name!— Zora Neale Hurston
1989Doğruyu Seç— Mother Sister
1989Making 'Do the Right Thing'— Self
1984Go Tell It on the Mountain— Mrs. Grimes
1982Kedi Kız— Female
1982Long Day's Journey Into Night— Mary Tyrone
1980All God's Children— Irene Whitfield
1980The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1979I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings— Grandmother Baxter
1976Countdown at Kusini— Leah Matanzima
1974It's Good to Be Alive— Ruth Campanella
1974Wedding Band— Julia Augustine
1973Chelsea D.H.O.— Dr. Bianca Pearson
1972Kızgın ve Sakin— Ruth
1972Black Girl— Netta's mother
1972To Be Young, Gifted and Black— Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
1972On Merit— Narrator (voice)
1971The Sheriff— Sue Ann Lucas
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis— Self (archive footage)
1969Deadlock— Lucinda
1968İhanet— Laurie
1967Now is the Time— Self
1966Neighbours— Vicky Kingsbury
1963Gone Are the Days!— Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
1963The Balcony— Thief
1961Güneşte Bir Leke— Ruth Younger
1959Virgin Island— Ruth
1959Take a Giant Step— Christine
1958St. Louis Blues— Elizabeth
1957Edge of the City— Lucy Tyler
1954Go Man Go— Irma Jackson
1951The Tall Target— Rachel
1950The Jackie Robinson Story— Rae Robinson
1950No Way Out— Connie Brooks (uncredited)
1948The Fight Never Ends
1948What a Guy
1947Easy to Get— Drugstore Girl
1946That Man of Mine— Joan
1946Love in Syncopation
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