| Movies (Videos, Films & Projects): |
Year |
Budget |
 Reign Over Me - Miriam |
2007 |
$20M |
| Idlewild - Mother Hopkins |
2006 |
$15M |
| Fat Rose and Squeaky - Celine |
2006 |
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| Madea's Family Reunion - Myrtle |
2006 |
$6M |
| Diary of a Mad Black Woman - Myrtle |
2005 |
$5.5M |
| Because of Winn-Dixie - Gloria |
2005 |
$14M |
| Hoodlum - Stephanie St. Clair |
1997 |
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| Fried Green Tomatoes - Sipsey |
1991 |
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| Bustin' Loose - Vivian Perry |
1981 |
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| The Concorde: Airport '79 - Elaine |
1979 |
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| A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich - Sweets |
1978 |
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| The River Niger - Mattie Williams |
1976 |
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| The Blue Bird - The Cat |
1976 |
$12M |
| Sounder - Rebecca Morgan |
1972 |
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| The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter - Portia |
1968 |
$2M |
| The Comedians - Marie Therese |
1967 |
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| A Man Called Adam - Claudia Ferguson |
1966 |
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| The Last Angry Man - Girl Left on Porch (uncredited) |
1959 |
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| Odds Against Tomorrow - Jazz Club bartender (uncredited) |
1959 |
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| Carib Gold - Actress (uncredited) |
1957 |
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| TV appearance: |
| The 2006 Black Movie Awards (TV movie) - Actress |
2006 |
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| The Rosa Parks Story (TV movie) - Leona |
2002 |
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| Jewel (TV movie) - Cathedral |
2001 |
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| Final Appeal - Justice Gretchen Parkhurst |
2000 |
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| Living the Rest of My Life - Abby |
2000 |
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| Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (TV movie) - Emily Lincoln |
1999 |
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| A Lesson Before Dying (TV movie) - Tante Lou |
1999 |
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| Always Outnumbered (TV movie) - Luvia |
1998 |
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| Mama Flora's Family (TV movie) - Mama Flora |
1998 |
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| Bridge of Time (TV movie) - Guardian |
1997 |
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| Ms. Scrooge (TV movie) - Ms. Ebenita Scrooge |
1997 |
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| The Price of Heaven (TV movie) - Vesta Battle |
1997 |
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| Riot (TV movie) - Maggie (segment "Homecoming Day") |
1997 |
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| The Road to Galveston (TV movie) - Jordan Roosevelt |
1996 |
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| Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (TV movie) - Castralia, Marsden Family House Slave/Maid |
1994 |
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| Sweet Justice (TV series) - Carrie Grace Battle (unknown episodes, 1994-1 |
1994 |
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| House of Secrets (TV movie) - Evangeline |
1993 |
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| Duplicates (TV movie) - Dr. Randolph |
1992 |
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| When No One Would Listen (TV movie) - Sarah |
1992 |
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| Clippers (TV short) - Donna |
1991 |
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| Heat Wave (TV movie) - Ruthana Richardson |
1990 |
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| Winner Takes All - Ruth Hastings |
1990 |
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| The Kid Who Loved Christmas (TV movie) - Etta |
1990 |
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| The Women of Brewster Place (TV movie) - Mrs. Browne |
1989 |
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| Acceptable Risks (TV movie) - Janet Framm |
1986 |
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| Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story (TV movie) - Muriel |
1986 |
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| Intimate Encounters (TV movie) - Dr. Claire Dalton |
1986 |
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| Playing with Fire (TV movie) - Carol Phillips |
1985 |
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| Benny's Place (TV movie) - Odessa |
1982 |
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| The Marva Collins Story (TV movie) - Marva Collins |
1981 |
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| The Body Human: Becoming a Woman (TV short) - Actress |
1981 |
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| Episode #4.11 - Host |
1979 |
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| A Woman Called Moses (TV movie) - Harriet Ross Tubman |
1978 |
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| King (TV mini-series) - Coretta Scott King |
1978 |
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| Roots (TV mini-series) - Binta (Kunta's mother) |
1977 |
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| Wilma (TV movie) - Blanche Rudolph |
1977 |
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| Just an Old Sweet Song (TV movie) - Priscilla Simmons |
1976 |
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| The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (TV movie) - Jane Pittman |
1974 |
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| Free to Be... You & Me (TV movie) - Young Girl |
1974 |
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| Wednesday Night Out (TV movie) - Actress |
1972 |
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| Crash - Mrs. Johnson |
1972 |
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| Marriage: Year One (TV movie) - Emma Teasley |
1971 |
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| Neighbors (TV movie) - Actress |
1971 |
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| The Scavengers - Rachel Biggs |
1970 |
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| A Bride for Obie Brown - Princess Lucenda |
1970 |
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| The Bill Cosby Show (TV series) - Actress (1 episode, 197 |
1970 |
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| Death Squad - Alma Ross |
1970 |
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| The Last 10 Yards - Susan Wiley |
1969 |
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| Silent Partners - Lainey Harber |
1969 |
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| Guess Who's Coming for Lunch - Betty Kelly |
1969 |
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| The Enemies - Julie Harmon |
1968 |
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| Tomorrow on the Wind - Julie Anderson |
1967 |
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| Commitment - Lucille Evans |
1967 |
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| Guiding Light (TV series) - Martha Frazier (unknown episodes, 1966) |
1966 |
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| Trial by Treehouse - Vickie Harmon |
1966 |
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| Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie? - Sarah Brookman |
1965 |
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| So Long, Patrick Henry - Princess Amara |
1965 |
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| The Name of the Game - Jane Foster |
1964 |
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| Nothing But the Half Truth - Jane Foster |
1964 |
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| Takes Sides with the Sun - Jane Foster |
1964 |
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| Here Today - Jane Foster |
1964 |
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| The Givers - Jane Foster |
1964 |
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| Naked City (TV series) - Actress (1 episode, 196 |
1963 |
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| Frieda - Betty Ann Warner |
1962 |
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| The Bitter Cup - Tony |
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| The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series) - Betty Ann Warner (1 episode, 1962) |
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| Slattery's People (TV series) - Sarah Brookman (1 episode, 1965) |
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| Frontiers of Faith (TV series) - Tony (1 episode) |
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| East Side/West Side (TV series) - Jane Foster (26 episodes, 1963-1964) |
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| I Spy (TV series) - Princess Amara / Vickie Harmon (2 e |
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| Touched by an Angel (TV series) - Abby (1 episode, 2000) |
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| The Outer Limits (TV series) - Justice Gretchen Parkhurst (1 episode, 2 |
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| Gunsmoke (TV series) - Rachel Biggs (1 episode, 1970) |
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| SNL 25 (TV series) - Host (1 episode, 1979) |
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| Mission: Impossible (TV series) - Alma Ross (1 episode, 1970) |
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| Here Come the Brides (TV series) - Princess Lucenda (1 episode, 1970) |
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| The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV series) - Betty Kelly (1 episode, 1969) |
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| The F.B.I. (TV series) - Julie Harmon / Lainey Harber (2 epi |
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| Medical Center (TV series) - Susan Wiley (1 episode, 1969) |
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| Emergency! (TV series) - Mrs. Johnson (1 episode, 1972) |
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| Judd for the Defense (TV series) - Lucille Evans (1 episode, 1967) |
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| Cowboy in Africa (TV series) - Julie Anderson (1 episode, 1967) |
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| B.L. Stryker (TV series) - Ruth Hastings (1 episode, 1990) |
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