Credits

• 2003 · Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There as Self
• 1998 · Wilbur Falls as Wilbur Falls High Secretary
• 1998 · Snow Cat as Grandma (voice)
• 1997 · Addicted to Love as Nana
• 1996 · Jack Lemmon: America's Everyman as Self
• 1994 · Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Self
• 1994 · The Last Good Time as Ida Cutler
• 1994 · Trading Mom as Mrs. Cavour, the Gardener
• 1992 · Lincoln as Sarah Bush Lincoln (voice)
• 1992 · Miss Rose White as Tanta Perla
• 1992 · Passed Away as Mary Scanlan
• 1992 · Last Wish as Ida Rollin
• 1989 · B.L. Stryker as Auntie Sue
• 1988 · Hello Actors Studio as Self
• 1988 · Liberace: Behind the Music as Frances Liberace
• 1988 · Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Helium Balloon Saleslady
• 1988 · Cocoon: The Return as Mary Luckett
• 1987 · Nuts as Rose Kirk
• 1987 · Made in Heaven as Aunt Lisa
• 1987 · Sweet Lorraine as Lillian Garber
• 1986 · Heartburn as Vera
• 1986 · The Cosmic Eye as Mother Earth (voice)
• 1986 · The Money Pit as Estelle
• 1985 · The Equalizer as Emmy Rutherford
• 1985 · Cocoon as Mary Luckett
• 1985 · Private Sessions as Dr. Liz Bolger
• 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
• 1984 · Johnny Dangerously as Ma Kelly
• 1984 · America and Lewis Hine as Voice
• 1984 · Family Secrets as Maggie Lukauer
• 1984 · Sentimental Journey as Ruthie
• 1983 · Alice in Wonderland as White Queen
• 1983 · Montgomery Clift as Self
• 1982 · Little Gloria... Happy at Last as Nurse Emma Kieslich
• 1982 · Night of 100 Stars as Self
• 1982 · The Electric Grandmother as Grandmother
• 1981 · Reds as Emma Goldman
• 1981 · The Fan as Belle Goldman
• 1981 · On the Right Track as Mary the Bag Lady
• 1979 · The Gathering, Part II as Kate Thornton
• 1979 · Letters from Frank as Betty Miller
• 1979 · The Runner Stumbles as Mrs. Shandig
• 1979 · Lost and Found as Jemmy
• 1979 · The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
• 1978 · Interiors as Pearl
• 1977 · The Gathering as Kate
• 1976 · Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Big Mama
• 1976 · Laurence Olivier Presents as Big Mama
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
• 1975 · Queen of the Stardust Ballroom as Bea Asher
• 1974 · Voyage to Next as Mother Earth (voice)
• 1974 · Tell Me Where It Hurts as Connie
• 1974 · NOVA as Narrator (voice)
• 1974 · A Sunday Dinner as
• 1973 · Tennessee Williams' South as
• 1972 · Dig: A Journey Into Earth as Mother (voice)
• 1971 · Plaza Suite as Karen Nash
• 1971 · Summer of '42 as Hermie's Mother (voice) (uncredited)
• 1971 · Great Performances as White Queen
• 1970 · Airport as Inez Guerrero
• 1969 · Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall as Ruthie Maxwell
• 1969 · Trilogy as Mary O'Meaghan
• 1968 · The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
• 1963 · Bye Bye Birdie as Mama Mae Peterson
• 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• 1962 · A View from the Bridge as Beatrice Carbone
• 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
• 1960 · The Fugitive Kind as Vee Talbot
• 1959 · For Whom the Bell Tolls as Pilar
• 1959 · Lonelyhearts as Fay Doyle
• 1958 · Naked City as Abilene Hutchinson Bick
• 1958 · Naked City as Ruth Callan
• 1958 · All the King's Men as
• 1956 · Playhouse 90 as Pilar
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Nominee
• 1953 · Main Street to Broadway as Self (uncredited)
• 1953 · General Electric Theater as Ethel
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Tanta Perla
• 1948 · Studio One as Rachel Jackson
• 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Daughter
• 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Mrs. Johnson