Fried Green Tomatoes

Sipsey

The Women of Brewster Place

Mrs. Browne

Hoodlum

Stephanie St. Clair

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Portia Copeland

Bustin' Loose

Vivian Perry

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Muriel

Odds Against Tomorrow

Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited)

Always Outnumbered

Luvia

Idlewild

Mother Hopkins

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Ola

The Concorde... Airport '79

Elaine

Sounder

Rebecca Morgan

Madea's Family Reunion

Myrtle

Because of Winn-Dixie

Gloria Dump

The Help

Constantine Jefferson

A Lesson Before Dying

Tante Lou

The River Niger

Mattie Williams

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman

Jane Pittman

Alex Cross

Nana Mama

The Blue Bird

Tylette

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

Sweets

The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia

Mama Kay

A Morning For Jimmy

Sister

Ms. Scrooge

Ms. Ebenita Scrooge

Jewel

Cathedral

The Marva Collins Story

Marva Collins

The Road to Galveston

Jordan Roosevelt

A Man Called Adam

Claudia Ferguson

The Trip to Bountiful

Mrs. Watts

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Castralia

The Comedians

Marie Therese

Heat Wave

Ruthana Richardson

Free to Be… You and Me

Self

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

Etta Mercer

Wilma

Blanche Rudolph

Showing Roots

Hattie

Acceptable Risks

Janet Framm

Relative Stranger

Pearl

The Last Angry Man

Girl Left on Porch (uncredited)

Marriage: Year One

Emma Teasley

Diary of a Mad Black Woman

Myrtle

Duplicates

Dr. Randolph

Playing with Fire

Carol Phillips

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Self

Intimate Encounters

Dr. Claire Dalton

Last Flag Flying

Mrs. Hightower

Fat Rose and Squeaky

Celine

The Women of Brewster Place

Blessed Assurance

Vesta Lotte Battle

The Rosa Parks Story

Leona Edwards McCauley

Neighbors

And the Oscar Goes To...

Self (archive footage)

Just an Old Sweet Song

Priscilla Simmons

Carib Gold

Dottie

A Fall from Grace

Alice

House of Secrets

Evangeline

To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words

Benny's Place

Odessa

How It Feels to Be Free

Self (archival footage)

The Other Boys of Summer

Narrator

Night of 100 Stars

Self

Everybody Rides the Carousel

Self - Introducer

The F.B.I.

Julie Harmon

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Self - Guest

Tamron Hall

Self - Guest

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Ondine Burdett

Naked City

Darlene Knox

The Bill Cosby Show

Mildred Hermosa

Gunsmoke

Rachel Biggs

Mission: Impossible

Alma Ross

Emergency!

Mrs. Johnson

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Marva Collins

East Side/West Side

Judd for the Defense

The Flip Wilson Show

Self

Roots

Binta

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self

Sweet Justice

The Outer Limits

Justice Gretchen Parkhurst

The Oscars

Self

Saturday Night Live

Self - Host

B.L. Stryker

The F.B.I.

Lainey Harber

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

Betty Kelly

Aftershock: Earthquake in New York

Emily Lincoln

People's Choice Awards

Self - Presenter

King

Coretta Scott King

Mama Flora's Family

Mama Flora

A Woman Called Moses

Harriet Ross Tubman

Dinah!

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

Cowboy in Africa

Julie Anderson

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Co-Host

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

Cherish the Day

Miss Luma Lee Langston

The Proud Family

Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)

How to Get Away with Murder

Ophelia Harkness

House of Cards

Doris Jones

Tony Awards

Self - Host

Madam Secretary

Flo Avery

Tony Awards

Self - Co-Host

Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All

Castalia

Touched by an Angel

Abigail Peabody-Jackson

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter