Credits

• 2005 · Kojak as Joyce
• 2004 · The Burly Man Chronicles as
• 2004 · The Jury as
• 2004 · The Matrix Recalibrated as Self
• 2003 · What I Want My Words to Do to You as Self
• 2003 · The Matrix Revolutions as The Oracle
• 2002 · Sunshine State as Eunice Stokes
• 2001 · The Last Brickmaker in America as Dorothy Cobb
• 2000 · Soul Food as Mrs. Pettaway
• 2000 · The Photographer as Violet
• 1999 · Catfish in Black Bean Sauce as Dolores Williams
• 1999 · Providence as Abby Franklin
• 1999 · The Wishing Tree as Mattie
• 1998 · Down in the Delta as Rosa Lynn Sinclair
• 1997 · Oz as Eugenia Hill
• 1996 · Cosby as
• 1996 · Bed of Roses as Alice
• 1995 · Heading Home as Mary Jones
• 1995 · Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder as
• 1994 · The Mother as Black Lady
• 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Georgia Bishop
• 1994 · The Inkwell as Evelyn
• 1994 · The Vernon Johns Story as Altona
• 1993 · A Perfect World as Lottie
• 1993 · Laurel Avenue as Maggie Arnett
• 1993 · Life with Mikey as Mrs. Gordon
• 1992 · Malcolm X as School Teacher
• 1991 · I'll Fly Away as
• 1991 · I'll Fly Away as Marguerite Peck
• 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities as Annie Lamb
• 1990 · Awakenings as Nurse Margaret
• 1990 · To Sleep with Anger as Suzie
• 1990 · Law & Order as Virginia Bryan
• 1989 · The Women of Brewster Place as Fannie Michael
• 1987 · A Different World as Lettie Bostic
• 1986 · L.A. Law as Maxine Manley
• 1985 · Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom as Blind Lily
• 1984 · Teachers as Linda Ganz
• 1984 · Beat Street as Cora
• 1984 · The Killing Floor as Lilah Dean
• 1983 · The Brass Ring as Mrs. Hauser
• 1982 · A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Beck
• 1980 · Joshua's World as Housekeeper
• 1979 · Lawman Without a Gun as Minnie Hayward
• 1976 · Just an Old Sweet Song as Helen Mayfield
• 1976 · Sparkle as Effie
• 1974 · Police Woman as
• 1974 · The Education of Sonny Carson as Moms
• 1974 · Sty of the Blind Pig as Alberta Warren
• 1974 · Good Times as
• 1972 · Sanford and Son as
• 1971 · Great Performances as
• 1965 · Green Acres as