29 credits
- Beloved
1998 Baby Suggs
- Out of Darkness
1994 Mrs. Cooper
- One Special Victory
1991 Cora Simms
- Zora is My Name!
1990
- Homer and Eddie
1989 Linda Cervi
- Drugstore Cowboy
1989 Drug Counselor
- Inside Out
1987 Verna
- Big Shots
1987 Miss Hanks
- As Summers Die
1986 Elvira Backus
- Acceptable Risks
1986 Sally Framm
- Generation
1985 Edna
- And the Children Shall Lead
1985 Miss Annie
- A Christmas Without Snow
1980 Wendell's Grandma
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 Zazu (voice)
- Ring of Passion
1978 Lilly Brooks
- Just an Old Sweet Song
1976 Grandma
- Mahogany
1975 Florence
- Outrage!
1973 Thelma
- A Dream for Christmas
1973 Grandma Bessie
- Footsteps
1972 Jessie Blake
- The Biscuit Eater
1972 Charity Tomlin
- The Great White Hope
1970 Mama Tiny
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 Mrs. Prentice
- In the Heat of the Night
1967 Mama Caleba
- Hurry Sundown
1967 Rose Scott
- Gone Are the Days!
1963 Idella Landy
- The Miracle Worker
1962 Viney (uncredited)
- Take a Giant Step
1959 May Scott
- The Mugger
1958 Grecco Maid
