| Movies (Videos, Films & Projects): |
Year |
Budget |
| Actress: |
 The Middle of Nowhere Cornelia |
2011 |
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| Dream Street |
2010 |
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| Video Girl |
2010 |
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| Red & Blue Marbles Professor Wright |
2010 |
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| Politics of Love |
2010 |
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| America Mrs. Harper |
2009 |
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| The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll Miss Candy the bartender |
2009 |
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| Shelly Fisher Mrs. Greenspan |
2008 |
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| All About Us Ms. Ella |
2007 |
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| American Gangster Mama Lucas |
2007 |
$100M |
| Steam Doris |
2007 |
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| No. 2 Nanna Maria |
2006 |
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| The Way Back Home Maude |
2006 |
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| Their Eyes Were Watching God Nanny |
2005 |
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| Baby of the Family |
2002 |
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| Feast of All Saints Elsie Claviere |
2001 |
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| Taking Back Our Town Emelda West |
2001 |
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| A Storm in Summer Grandmother |
2000 |
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| Finding Buck McHenry Mrs. Henry |
2000 |
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| "Little Bill" Alice the Great (unknown episodes) |
1999 |
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| Passing Glory Mommit Porter |
1999 |
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| Baby Geniuses Margo |
1999 |
$13M |
| Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany |
1999 |
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| The Wall Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge") |
1998 |
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| A Simple Wish Hortense |
1997 |
$28M |
| Mr. and Mrs. Loving Sophia |
1996 |
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| Captive Heart: The James Mink Story Indigo |
1996 |
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| Stories from the Edge (segment "Tuesday Morning Ride") |
1996 |
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| Tuesday Morning Ride |
1995 |
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| Just Cause Evangeline |
1995 |
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| Whitewash Grandmother |
1994 |
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| The Ernest Green Story Mrs. Lydia Wilson |
1993 |
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| Cop and ½ Rachel |
1993 |
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| "Middle Ages" Estelle Williams (unknown episodes) |
1992 |
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| Jungle Fever Lucinda Purify |
1991 |
$14M |
| Jazztime Tale Narrator |
1991 |
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| Love at Large Corrine Dart |
1990 |
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| The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson Jackie's mother |
1990 |
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| Decoration Day Rowena, Finch's Housekeeper |
1990 |
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| Do the Right Thing Mother Sister |
1989 |
$6.5M |
| Windmills of the Gods Dorothy - Secretary to Mary Ashley |
1988 |
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| Lincoln Elizabeth Keckley |
1988 |
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| Crown Dick Johnson's Mother |
1987 |
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| Go Tell It on the Mountain Mrs. Grimes |
1985 |
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| "The Atlanta Child Murders" Faye Williams |
1985 |
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| Cat People Female |
1982 |
$18M |
| Long Day's Journey Into Night Mary Tyrone |
1982 |
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| The Torture of Mothers |
1980 |
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| All God's Children Irene Whitfield |
1980 |
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| "Ossie and Ruby!" Co-host (1980-81) (unknown episodes) |
1980 |
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| "Roots: The Next Generations" Queen Haley |
1979 |
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| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Grandmother Baxter |
1979 |
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| Countdown at Kusini Leah Matanzima |
1976 |
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| It's Good to Be Alive Ruth Campanella |
1974 |
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| Chelsea D.H.O. Dr. Bianca Pearson |
1973 |
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| To Be Young, Gifted, and Black |
1972 |
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| Buck and the Preacher Ruth |
1972 |
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| Black Girl Netta's mother |
1972 |
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| The Sheriff Sue-Anne Lucas |
1971 |
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| Deadlock Lucinda |
1969 |
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| Up Tight! Laurie |
1968 |
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| The Incident Joan Robinson |
1967 |
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| "Peyton Place" Alma Miles (unknown episodes, 1968-1969) |
1964 |
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| The Balcony Thief |
1963 |
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| Gone Are the Days! Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins |
1963 |
$200K |
| Seven Times Monday Lila |
1962 |
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| A Raisin in the Sun Ruth Younger |
1961 |
$1.5M |
| Take a Giant Step Christine the maid |
1959 |
$300K |
| Virgin Island Ruth |
1958 |
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| St. Louis Blues Elizabeth |
1958 |
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| Edge of the City Lucy Tyler |
1957 |
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| The Great American Pastime Mrs. Ashlow |
1956 |
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| Go, Man, Go! Irma Jackson |
1954 |
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| "The Guiding Light" Martha Frazier (unknown episodes, 1967) |
1952 |
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| The Tall Target Rachel, Slave Maid |
1951 |
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| The Jackie Robinson Story Rae Robinson |
1950 |
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| No Way Out Connie Brooks |
1950 |
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| The Fight Never Ends Janie |
1949 |
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| What a Guy |
1948 |
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| That Man of Mine |
1946 |
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| The First Year |
1946 |
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| "Frontiers of Faith" Grace Gilmore (1 episode) |
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| "Play of the Week" Lila (2 episodes, 1960-1961) |
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| "Alcoa Premiere" Irene Clayton (1 episode, 1963) |
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| "The Nurses" Jenny Bishop (1 episode, 1963) |
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| "The Fugitive" Laura (1 episode, 1963) |
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| "The Great Adventure" Harriet Tubman (1 episode, 1963) |
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| "East Side/West Side" Marilyn Marsden (1 episode, 1963) |
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| "The Defenders" Catherine Collins (1 episode, 1965) |
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| "Armchair Theatre" Vicky Kingsbury (1 episode, 1966) |
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| "The CBS Festival of Lively Arts for Young People" |
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| "Tenafly" Jan Lennox (1 episode, 1973) |
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| "Police Woman" Cora Sanders (1 episode, 1975) |
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| "American Playhouse" Zora Neal Hurston (1 episode) |
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| "Spenser: For Hire" Eleanor Simpson (1 episode, 1987) |
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| "China Beach" Ruby (1 episode, 1990) |
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| "The Golden Girls" Viola Watkins (1 episode, 1990) |
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| "Evening Shade" Aurelia Danforth (1 episode, 1993) |
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| "The Stand" Mother Abigail Freemantle (4 episodes, 1994) |
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| "American Masters" Narrator (1 episode, 1995) |
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| "Street Gear" Mosley Davis (13 episodes, 1994-1995) |
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| "Promised Land" Alicia (1 episode, 1998) |
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| "Cosby" Mattie (1 episode, 1999) |
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| "Touched by an Angel" LaBelle (1 episode, 1999) |
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| "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Mary Wilson (1 episode, 2007) |
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| Producer: |
| Up Tight! Producer |
1968 |
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| Writer: |
| Up Tight! |
1968 |
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| Director: |
| No data! |
| Self: |
| For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots... |
2010 |
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| Drama Mamas! Herself |
2010 |
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| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age Herself |
2010 |
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| Let Freedom Sing: How Music Inspired the Civil Rights Movement... Herself |
2009 |
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| A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School Narrator |
2009 |
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| The New Neighbors Narrator |
2009 |
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| 14th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Herself - Winner: Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role & Best Motion Picture Cast |
2008 |
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| 39th NAACP Image Awards Herself |
2008 |
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| The 80th Annual Academy Awards Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
2008 |
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| An Evening at the Academy Awards Herself |
2008 |
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| Meet Mary Pleasant Herself |
2008 |
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| La noche de los Oscar Herself |
2008 |
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| In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Ci... Herself |
2007 |
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| An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder Herself |
2006 |
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| Lockdown, USA Narrator |
2006 |
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| Legends Ball Herself |
2006 |
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| The 2006 Black Movie Awards Herself |
2006 |
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| The History Makers Herself |
2005 |
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| The Black Movie Awards Herself |
2005 |
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| The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts... Herself - Honoree |
2004 |
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| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives Reader |
2003 |
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| 2003 Trumpet Awards Herself |
2003 |
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| Beah: A Black Woman Speaks Herself |
2003 |
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| Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television Herself |
2002 |
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| Hughes' Dream Harlem Herself |
2002 |
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| Freedom Never Dies: The Legacy of Harry T. Moore Narrator |
2001 |
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| 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Herself |
2001 |
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| "Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years" Narrator (unknown episodes) |
2001 |
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| The Unfinished Journey Narration |
1999 |
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| A Time to Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner Narrator |
1998 |
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| Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood... Herself |
1998 |
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| NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II Herself |
1998 |
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| Sports on the Silver Screen Herself |
1997 |
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| Homeward Bound Herself |
1994 |
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| The Stand: The Making of... Herself |
1994 |
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| The 48th Annual Tony Awards Herself - Presenter |
1994 |
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| Color Adjustment Narrator |
1992 |
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| 22nd NAACP Image Awards Herself |
1990 |
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| Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday Herself |
1990 |
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| Making 'Do the Right Thing' Herself |
1989 |
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| Lorraine Hansberry: The Black Experience in the Creation of Drama... |
1975 |
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| Wattstax Herself |
1973 |
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| King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Herself |
1970 |
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| "The DuPont Show of the Week" Herself (1 episode, 1962) |
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| "I've Got a Secret" Guest panelist (1 episode, 1963) |
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| "The Merv Griffin Show" Herself (1 episode, 1968) |
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| "Look Up and Live" Herself (1 episode, 1968) |
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| "He Said, She Said" Herself (1 episode, 1970) |
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| "Tony Brown's Journal" Herself (1 episode, 1978) |
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| "A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers" Herself (2 episodes, 1984) |
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| "Ebony/Jet Showcase" Herself (2 episodes, 1988) |
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| "Reading Rainbow" Herself (2 episodes, 1984-1992) |
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| "Great Performances" Herself / ... (2 episodes, 1982-1998) |
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| "The Directors" Herself (1 episode, 2000) |
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| "Intimate Portrait" Herself (1 episode, 2001) |
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| "Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry" Herself (1 episode, 2004) |
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| "Character Studies" Herself (2 episodes, 2005) |
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| "HBO First Look" Herself (1 episode, 2007) |
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| "Iconoclasts" |
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| "The Oprah Winfrey Show" Herself (1 episode, 2008) |
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| "Tavis Smiley" Herself (1 episode, 2008) |
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| "Entertainment Tonight" Herself (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| "The Tyra Banks Show" Herself (1 episode, 2009) |
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| "The Mo'Nique Show" Herself (1 episode, 2010) |
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| In development: |
| No data! |
| Filmography updated: June 2010 |
