Credits

• 2022 · Blue Porcelain as Great-Grandma
• 2018 · The Golden Voices as Georgia Mae Jackson
• 2018 · Concrete Kids as Nana
• 2017 · Lady Luck as Mrs. Bailey
• 2016 · A Heart That Forgives as Ms. Gussie
• 2016 · New Life as Margaret
• 2016 · Jerico as Grandma
• 2016 · Hap and Leonard as Meemaw
• 2015 · A Man Called Jon as Sadie Johnson
• 2015 · Uncommon as Aunt Shirley Bailey
• 2014 · Steps of Faith as Dorothy Lee
• 2012 · Changing the Game as Grandma Barnes
• 2012 · Chicago Fire as Mrs. Grady
• 2012 · Hiding in Plain Sight as Ida Mae Blackmon
• 2010 · My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Mrs. Roberts
• 2009 · Hurricane Season as Grandma Rose
• 2009 · Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans as Binnie Rogers
• 2009 · Diary of a Single Mom as Dessa
• 2008 · Rain as Rosalie
• 2008 · Meet the Browns as Mildred
• 2008 · Uncross the Stars as Lulu
• 2005 · P.N.O.K. as Mildred Burnett
• 2004 · Collateral as Ida Durocher
• 2004 · The Ladykillers as Marva Munson
• 2003 · An Unexpected Love as Mary
• 2002 · Miss Lettie and Me as Rose Griffin
• 2002 · Our America as June Jones
• 2002 · Bad Company as Mrs. Banks
• 2002 · Don't Let Go as Hazel
• 2001 · The Bernie Mac Show as Aunt Liva
• 2001 · A Rugrats Kwanzaa as Aunt T. (voice)
• 2001 · All Souls as
• 2001 · A Girl Thing as Alice (Housekeeper)
• 2000 · Soul Food as Mama Joe
• 2000 · Something to Sing About as Memaw
• 1999 · Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Lorna Talcott
• 1999 · Judging Amy as Beverly Raymond
• 1999 · A Lesson Before Dying as Miss Emma
• 1999 · A Slipping Down Life as Clotelia
• 1998 · Patch Adams as Joletta
• 1998 · Beloved as Ella
• 1998 · The Love Letter as Mae Mullen
• 1997 · Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil as Minerva
• 1997 · Soul Food as Mother Joe
• 1997 · Steel as Grandma Odessa
• 1997 · Nothing to Lose as Bertha "Mama" Davidson
• 1997 · Buddy as Emma
• 1996 · 7th Heaven as Hattie
• 1996 · A Family Thing as Aunt T.
• 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Effie Taylor
• 1993 · In the Company of Darkness as Apartment Manager
• 1992 · Mo' Money as Lady on Phone
• 1992 · Straight Talk as Ethel
• 1991 · Backdraft as Nurse
• 1990 · The Kid Who Loved Christmas as Mrs. Smith
• 1987 · Uncle Tom's Cabin as Mammy
• 1987 · They Still Call Me Bruce as Mrs. Brown
• 1987 · Square Dance as Preacher Dixon
• 1986 · On Valentine's Day as Aunt Charity
• 1985 · The Long Hot Summer as Cecilia Howlett
• 1982 · Split Image as Maid
• 1981 · The Penelope Gang as Mrs. Miles
• 1981 · Broken Promise as Williston
• 1981 · Crisis at Central High as Lulu Richards
• 1980 · Skyward as Mrs. Sinclair
• 1980 · Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II as Grandma Beaumont
• 1979 · Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders as Dora
• 1978 · Dallas as Tilly
• 1973 · Book of Numbers as Georgia Brown
• 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mae