 | How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
Self (archival footage) |
 | A Fall from Grace (2020)
Alice |
 | The Other Boys of Summer (2019)
Narrator |
 | Last Flag Flying (2017)
Mrs. Hightower |
 | Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016)
Self |
 | Showing Roots (2016)
Hattie |
 | The Trip to Bountiful (2014)
Mrs. Watts |
 | And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Self (archive footage) |
 | The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
Mama Kay |
 | Alex Cross (2012)
Nana Mama |
 | The Help (2011)
Constantine Jefferson |
 | Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010)
Ola |
 | Relative Stranger (2009)
Pearl |
 | Idlewild (2006)
Mother Hopkins |
 | Fat Rose and Squeaky (2006)
Celine |
 | Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
Myrtle |
 | Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005)
Myrtle |
 | Because of Winn-Dixie (2005)
Gloria Dump |
 | The Rosa Parks Story (2002)
Leona Edwards McCauley |
 | Jewel (2001)
Cathedral |
 | A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
Tante Lou |
 | Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes (1998)
Self |
 | Always Outnumbered (1998)
Luvia |
 | Ms. Scrooge (1997)
Ms. Ebenita Scrooge |
 | Hoodlum (1997)
Stephanie St. Clair |
 | Blessed Assurance (1997)
Vesta Lotte Battle |
 | The Road to Galveston (1996)
Jordan Roosevelt |
 | Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
Castralia |
 | House of Secrets (1993)
Evangeline |
 | Duplicates (1992)
Dr. Randolph |
 | Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
Sipsey |
 | The Kid Who Loved Christmas (1990)
Etta Mercer |
 | Heat Wave (1990)
Ruthana Richardson |
 | The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
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| | The Women of Brewster Place (1989)
Mrs. Browne |
 | Intimate Encounters (1986)
Dr. Claire Dalton |
 | Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (1986)
Muriel |
 | Acceptable Risks (1986)
Janet Framm |
 | Playing with Fire (1985)
Carol Phillips |
 | Benny's Place (1982)
Odessa |
 | Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Self |
 | The Marva Collins Story (1981)
Marva Collins |
 | Bustin' Loose (1981)
Vivian Perry |
 | The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979)
Elaine |
 | Wilma (1977)
Blanche Rudolph |
 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1977)
Sweets |
 | Just an Old Sweet Song (1976)
Priscilla Simmons |
 | The Blue Bird (1976)
Tylette |
 | The River Niger (1976)
Mattie Williams |
 | Everybody Rides the Carousel (1975)
Self - Introducer |
 | Free to Be… You and Me (1974)
Self |
 | The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)
Jane Pittman |
 | Sounder (1972)
Rebecca Morgan |
 | Neighbors (1971)
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 | Marriage: Year One (1971)
Emma Teasley |
 | To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words (1969)
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 | The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968)
Portia Copeland |
 | The Comedians (1967)
Marie Therese |
 | A Man Called Adam (1966)
Claudia Ferguson |
| | A Morning For Jimmy (1960)
Sister |
 | The Last Angry Man (1959)
Girl Left on Porch (uncredited) |
 | Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited) |
 | Carib Gold (1956)
Dottie |