| Movies (Videos, Films & Projects): |
Year |
Budget |
 Flying Over Purgatory - Inez Hightower |
2007 |
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| Steamroom - Doris |
2007 |
$2.2M |
| Clarksdale - Ms. Ella |
2007 |
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| The Way Back Home - Maude |
2006 |
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| No. 2 - Nanna Maria |
2006 |
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| Dream Street - Actress |
2005 |
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| Baby of the Family - Actress |
2002 |
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| Baby Geniuses - Margo |
1999 |
$13M |
| A Simple Wish - Hortense |
1997 |
$28M |
| Just Cause - Evangeline |
1995 |
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| Tuesday Morning Ride (short) - Actress |
1995 |
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| Cop and ½ - Rachel |
1993 |
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| Jazztime Tale - Old Lucinda |
1992 |
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| Jungle Fever - Lucinda Purify |
1991 |
$14M |
| Love at Large - Corrine Dart |
1990 |
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| Do the Right Thing - Mother Sister |
1989 |
$6.5M |
| Cat People - Female |
1982 |
$18M |
| The Torture of Mothers - Actress |
1980 |
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| Cool Red - Leah Matanzima |
1976 |
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| Buck and the Preacher - Ruth |
1972 |
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| Black Girl - Netta's mother |
1972 |
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Up Tight! - Laurie, Writer, Co-producer
| 1968 |
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| The Incident - Joan Robinson |
1967 |
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| Gone Are the Days! - Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
1963 |
$200K |
| The Balcony - Thief |
1963 |
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| A Raisin in the Sun - Ruth Younger |
1961 |
$1.5M |
| Take a Giant Step - Christine the maid |
1959 |
$300K |
| St. Louis Blues - Elizabeth |
1958 |
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| Our Virgin Island - Ruth |
1958 |
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| Edge of the City - Lucy Tyler |
1957 |
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| The Great American Pastime - Mrs. Ashlow (uncredited) |
1956 |
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| Go, Man, Go! - Actress |
1954 |
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| The Tall Target - Rachel, Slave Maid |
1951 |
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| No Way Out - Connie Brooks (uncredited) |
1950 |
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| The Jackie Robinson Story - Rae Robinson |
1950 |
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| The Fight Never Ends - Janie |
1949 |
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| That Man of Mine - Actress |
1947 |
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| What a Guy - Actress |
1939 |
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| TV appearance: |
| The 2006 Black Movie Awards (TV movie) - Actress |
2006 |
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| Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV movie) - Nanny |
2005 |
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| Taking Back Our Town (TV movie) - Emelda West |
2001 |
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| Feast of All Saints (TV movie) - Elsie Claviere |
2001 |
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| Finding Buck McHenry (TV movie) - Mrs. Henry |
2000 |
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| A Storm in Summer (TV movie) - Grandmother |
2000 |
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| Ol' Betsy - Mattie |
1999 |
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| Passing Glory (TV movie) - Mommit Porter |
1999 |
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| Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years (TV movie) - Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany |
1999 |
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| The Christmas Gift - LaBelle |
1999 |
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| Little Bill (TV series) - Alice the Great (unknown episodes) |
1999 |
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| Baptism of Fire - Alicia |
1998 |
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| The Wall (TV movie) - Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") |
1998 |
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| Mr. & Mrs. Loving (TV movie) - Sophia |
1996 |
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| Stories from the Edge (TV movie) - (segment "Tuesday Morning Ride") |
1996 |
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| Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (TV movie) - Indigo |
1996 |
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| The Stand (TV mini-series) - Mother Abigail Freemantle |
1994 |
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| Whitewash (TV short) - Grandmother |
1994 |
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| They Can't Take That Away From: Part 2 - Aurelia Danforth |
1993 |
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| The Ernest Green Story (TV movie) - Mrs. Lydia Wilson |
1993 |
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| They Can't Take That Away From: Part 1 - Aurelia Danforth |
1993 |
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| Middle Ages (TV series) - Estelle Williams (unknown episodes) |
1992 |
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| Decoration Day (TV movie) - Rowena, Finch's Housekeeper |
1990 |
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| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (TV movie) - Jackie's mother |
1990 |
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| Skylark - Ruby |
1990 |
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| Wham, Bam, Thank You, Mammy - Viola Watkins |
1990 |
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| Windmills of the Gods (TV movie) - Actress |
1988 |
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| Lincoln (TV movie) - Elizabeth Keckley |
1988 |
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| Personal Demons - Eleanor Simpson |
1987 |
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| The Atlanta Child Murders (TV mini-series) - Faye Williams |
1985 |
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| Go Tell It on the Mountain (TV movie) - Mrs. Grimes |
1985 |
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| Long Day's Journey Into Night (TV movie) - Mary Tyrone |
1982 |
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| All God's Children (TV movie) - Irene Whitfield |
1980 |
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| Ossie and Ruby! (TV series) - Co-host (1980-81) |
1980 |
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| Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series) - Queen Haley |
1979 |
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| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV movie) - Grandmother Baxter |
1979 |
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| Target Black - Cora Sanders |
1975 |
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| It's Good to Be Alive (TV movie) - Ruth Campanella |
1974 |
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| Chelsea D.H.O. (TV movie) - Dr. Bianca Pearson |
1973 |
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| The Window That Wasn't - Jan Lennox |
1973 |
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| To Be Young, Gifted, and Black (TV movie) - Actress |
1972 |
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| The Sheriff (TV movie) - Sue-Anne Lucas |
1971 |
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| Deadlock (TV movie) - Lucinda |
1969 |
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| Peyton Place (TV series) - Alma Miles (unknown episodes, 1968-1969) |
1968 |
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| Guiding Light (TV series) - Martha Frazier (unknown episodes, 1967) |
1967 |
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| Neighbours - Vicky Kingsbury |
1966 |
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| The Sworn Twelve - Catherine Collins |
1965 |
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| Decision in the Ring - Laura |
1963 |
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| Go Down, Moses - Harriet Tubman |
1963 |
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| Impact of an Execution - Irene Clayton |
1963 |
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| No Hiding Place - Marilyn Marsden |
1963 |
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| Express Stop from Lenox Avenue - Jenny Bishop |
1963 |
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| Seven Times Monday (TV movie) - Lila |
1962 |
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| Black Monday - Actress |
1961 |
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| Seven Times Monday - Lila |
1960 |
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| The First Year (TV movie) - Actress |
1946 |
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| American Playhouse (TV series) - Zora Neal Hurston (1 episode) |
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| Alcoa Premiere (TV series) - Irene Clayton (1 episode, 1963) |
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| Evening Shade (TV series) - Aurelia Danforth (2 episodes, 1993) |
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| Promised Land (TV series) - Alicia (1 episode, 1998) |
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| Today Is Ours - Actress |
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| Play of the Week (TV series) - Lila (2 episodes, 1960-1961) |
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| Cosby (TV series) - Mattie (1 episode, 1999) |
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| Touched by an Angel (TV series) - LaBelle (1 episode, 1999) |
|
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| Frontiers of Faith (TV series) - Grace Gilmore (1 episode) |
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| The Bitter Cup - Grace Gilmore |
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| The Doctors and the Nurses (TV series) - Jenny Bishop (1 episode, 1963) |
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| The Golden Girls (TV series) - Viola Watkins (1 episode, 1990) |
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| The Fugitive (TV series) - Laura (1 episode, 1963) |
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| The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People (TV series) - Actress (1 episode) |
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| Tenafly (TV series) - Jan Lennox (1 episode, 1973) |
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| Armchair Theatre (TV series) - Vicky Kingsbury (1 episode, 1966) |
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| Police Woman (TV series) - Cora Sanders (1 episode, 1975) |
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| Zora Is My Name! - Zora Neal Hurston |
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| East Side/West Side (TV series) - Marilyn Marsden (1 episode, 1963) |
|
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| Spenser: For Hire (TV series) - Eleanor Simpson (1 episode, 1987) |
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| The Great Adventure (TV series) - Harriet Tubman (1 episode, 1963) |
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| China Beach (TV series) - Ruby (1 episode, 1990) |
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| The Defenders (TV series) - Catherine Collins (1 episode, 1965) |
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