Actor (128 credits)
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2018) играет саму себя
- The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015) играет саму себя - In Memoriam, хроника
- The Oscars (2015) играет саму себя - актриса (In Memoriam), хроника
- The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014) играет саму себя - In Memoriam, хроника
- 1982 (2013) Rose Brown
- American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2013) играет саму себя, хроника
- Betty and Coretta (2013) рассказчик
- Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal (2012) играет саму себя
- Sing Your Song (2011) играет саму себя
- Politics of Love (2011)
- Red & Blue Marbles (2011) Professor Wright
- Video Girl (2011) Valerie
- Dream Street (2010)
- For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots (2010)
- Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement (2009) играет саму себя
- The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2009) Miss Candy
- America (2009) Mrs. Harper
- A Thousand Words (2009) Annie McCall
- The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) играет саму себя - номинантка: Лучшая женская роль второго плана
- 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2008) играет саму себя - Winner: Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role & Best Motion Picture Cast
- La noche de los Oscar (2008) играет саму себя
- All About Us (2007) Ms. Ella
- American Gangster (2007) Mama Lucas
- In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema (2007) играет саму себя
- Steam (2007) Doris
- The Way Back Home (2006) Maude
- No. 2 (2006) Nanna Maria
- Lockdown, USA (2006) рассказчик
- Iconoclasts (2005)
- Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) Nanny
- TV in Black: The First Fifty Years (2004) хроника
- Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) Reader
- Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003) играет саму себя
- Baby of the Family (2002)
- 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2001) играет саму себя
- Feast of All Saints (2001) Elsie Claviere
- Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore (2001) рассказчик
- Taking Back Our Town (2001) Emelda West
- A Storm in Summer (2000) Grandmother
- Finding Buck McHenry (2000) Mrs. Henry
- Shelly Fisher (1999) Mrs. Greenspan
- Baby Geniuses (1999)
- Passing Glory (1999) Mommit Porter
- Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (1999)
- The Unfinished Journey (1999) Narration, voice acting
- A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner (1998) рассказчик, voice acting
- The Wall (1998) Mrs. Mitchell (segment 'The Badge')
- NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998) играет саму себя
- A Simple Wish (1997) Hortense
- The Directors (1997) играет саму себя
- Cosby (1996) Mattie
- Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996) Indigo
- Stories from the Edge (1996)
- Mr. and Mrs. Loving (1996) Sophia
- Promised Land (1996) Alicia
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) Grandma
- Tuesday Morning Ride (1995)
- Just Cause (1995) Evangeline
- The 48th Annual Tony Awards (1994) играет саму себя - презентатор: Lifetime Achievement Award
- Whitewash (1994) Grandmother, voice acting
- The Stand (1994) Mother Abagail Freemantle
- The Poetry Hall of Fame (1993)
- The Ernest Green Story (1993) Mrs. Lydia Wilson
- Cop & ½ (1993)
- Middle Ages (1992) Estelle
- Color Adjustment (1992) рассказчик
- The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1991) играет саму себя - Winner: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
- Jungle Fever (1991) Lucinda Purify
- Jazztime Tale (1991) рассказчик, voice acting
- 22nd NAACP Image Awards (1990) играет саму себя
- Love at Large (1990) Corrine Dart
- Decoration Day (1990) Rowena, Finch's Housekeeper
- Evening Shade (1990) Aurelia Danforth
- The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1990) Jackie's mother
- Do the Right Thing (1989)
- Windmills of the Gods (1988) Dorothy - Secretary to Mary Ashley
- China Beach (1988) Ruby
- Lincoln (1988) Elizabeth Keckley
- Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) Mrs. Grimes
- Spenser: For Hire (1985) Eleanor Simpson
- The Atlanta Child Murders (1985) Faye Williams
- Go Tell It on the Mountain (1984) Mrs. Grimes
- Reading Rainbow (1983) играет саму себя
- Long Day's Journey Into Night (1982) Mary Tyrone
- Cat People (1982) Female
- American Playhouse (1981) Mrs. Grimes
- The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979) играет саму себя - номинантка: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or a Special
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) Grandmother Baxter
- Roots: The Next Generations (1979) Queen Haley
- America at the Movies (1976) Ruth Younger, хроника
- Countdown at Kusini (1976) Leah Matanzima
- Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama (1975)
- It's Good to Be Alive (1974) Ruth Campanella
- Tenafly (1973) Jan Lennox
- Wattstax (1973) играет саму себя, not listed in creditsа
- Chelsea D.H.O. (1973) Dr. Bianca Pearson
- To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (1972)
- Black Girl (1972) Netta's mother
- Buck and the Preacher (1972) Ruth
- The Sheriff (1971) Sue-Anne Lucas
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) играет саму себя
- The Bold Ones: The Protectors (1969) Lucinda
- Uptight (1968) Laurie
- The Incident (1967) Joan Robinson
- Zur Nacht (1967)
- Peyton Place (1964) Alma Miles
- The Balcony (1963) Thief
- Gone Are the Days! (1963) Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
- East Side/West Side (1963) Marilyn Marsden
- The 16th Annual Tony Awards (1962) играет саму себя - презентатор
- The Nurses (1962) Jenny Bishop
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961) Ruth Younger
- Alcoa Premiere (1961) Irene Clayton
- Take a Giant Step (1959) Christine the maid
- Virgin Island (1959) Ruth
- Play of the Week (1959) Jane
- St. Louis Blues (1958) Elizabeth
- Edge of the City (1957) Lucy Tyler
- The Great American Pastime (1956) Mrs. Ashlow, not listed in creditsа
- Go Man Go (1954) Irma Jackson
- The Tall Target (1951)
- No Way Out (1950) Connie Brooks, not listed in creditsа
- The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
- The Fight Never Ends (1949) Janie
- What a Guy (1948)
- That Man of Mine (1946)
- The First Year (1946)
- King Dog Mary Johnson
Producer (1 credits)
Writer (1 credits)
