Betty & Coretta | 2013 | Narrator |
Video Girl | 2010 | Lorie's Grandmother |
America | 2009 | Mrs. Harper |
American Gangster | 2007 | Mama Lucas |
Naming Number Two | 2006 | Nanna Maria |
The Way Back Home | 2006 | Actor |
Their Eyes Were Watching God | 2005 | Actor |
The Feast of All Saints | 2001 | Elsie Claviere |
Taking Back Our Town | 2001 | Actor |
Finding Buck McHenry | 2000 | Mrs. Henry |
A Storm in Summer | 2000 | Grandmother |
Passing Glory | 1999 | Mommit Porter |
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | 1999 | Annie Elizabeth "Bessie" Delany |
Baby Geniuses | 1999 | Actor |
For My People: The Life and Writings of Margaret Walker | 1998 | Narrator |
A Simple Wish | 1997 | Hortense |
Mr. and Mrs. Loving | 1996 | Sophia |
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story | 1996 | Indigo |
Stories From the Edge | 1996 | Actor |
On the Edge | 1996 | Actor |
Just Cause | 1995 | Evangeline |
Cop and a Half | 1993 | Actor |
Color Adjustment | 1992 | Narrator |
Jungle Fever | 1991 | Lucinda Purify |
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson | 1990 | Actor |
Decoration Day | 1990 | Actor |
Do the Right Thing | 1989 | Mother Sister |
Gore Vidal's Lincoln | 1988 | Actor |
Go Tell It on the Mountain | 1984 | Actor |
Cat People | 1982 | Female |
Countdown at Kusini | 1976 | Actor |
It's Good to be Alive | 1974 | Ruth Campanella |
Buck and the Preacher | 1972 | Ruth |
Black Girl | 1972 | Actor |
The Sheriff | 1970 | Actor |
Deadlock | 1969 | Actor |
Up Tight | 1968 | Laurie |
The Incident | 1967 | Actor |
Purlie Victorious | 1963 | Actor |
A Raisin in the Sun | 1961 | Actor |
Virgin Island | 1959 | Actor |
Take a Giant Step | 1959 | Christine |
St. Louis Blues | 1958 | Actor |
Edge of the City | 1957 | Lucy Tyler |
The Tall Target | 1951 | Rachel |
The Jackie Robinson Story | 1950 | Rae Robinson |
No Way Out | 1950 | Connie Brooks (uncredited) |