 | How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
Self (archival footage) |
 | The Masked Saint (2016)
Ms. Edna |
 | Light Girls (2015)
Self |
 | And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Self (archive footage) |
 | Peeples (2013)
Nana Peeples |
 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
Self |
 | Sing Your Song (2012)
Self |
 | The Front (2010)
Nana |
 | At Risk (2010)
Nana |
 | Diary of a Single Mom (2009)
Therapist |
 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004)
(archive footage) |
 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special (2002)
Self |
 | Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story (2000)
Maria Cole |
 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000)
Betty Hemings |
 | The Courage to Love (2000)
Pouponne |
 | Jackie's Back! (1999)
Diahann Carroll |
 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
Sadie Delany |
 | The Sweetest Gift (1998)
Mrs. Wilson |
 | Motown 40: The Music is Forever (1998)
Self |
 | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
Self |
 | Eve's Bayou (1997)
Elzora |
 | Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
Narrator |
 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle (1994)
Lydia Bishop |
 | Color Adjustment (1992)
Self |
 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Sunday in Paris (1991)
Vernetta Chase |
 | The Five Heartbeats (1991)
Eleanor Potter |
 | Mo' Better Blues (1990)
Jazz Club Singer (uncredited) |
 | Murder in Black and White (1990)
Margo Stover |
 | From the Dead of Night (1989)
Maggie |
 | Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz (1988)
Diahann Carroll |
 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC (1988)
Self |
 | Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special (1986)
Self |
 | The Best of Broadway (1985)
Herself |
 | Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Self |
 | Sister, Sister (1982)
Carolyne Lovejoy |
 | Night of 100 Stars (1982)
Self |
 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979)
Vivian |
 | The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Mermeia |
 | The Beatles Forever (1977)
Self |
 | Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? (1976)
Self |
 | Death Scream (1975)
Betty May |
 | Claudine (1974)
Claudine Price |
 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Self (archive footage) |
 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)
Self (uncredited) |
 | Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing (1968)
Self - Singer |
 | The Split (1968)
Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy |
 | Hurry Sundown (1967)
Vivian Thurlow |
 | Paris Blues (1961)
Connie Lampson |
 | Goodbye Again (1961)
Nightclub Singer |
 | Porgy and Bess (1959)
Clara |
 | Carmen Jones (1954)
Myrt |