Beah Richards
- Beloved
1998 Baby Suggs
- The Practice
1997 Gertrude Turner
- Out of Darkness
1994 Mrs. Cooper
- ER
1994 Mae Benton
- The John Larroquette Show
1993 Emma
- Hearts Afire
1992 Miss Lula
- One Special Victory
1991 Cora Simms
- Zora is My Name!
1990
- Capital News
1990 Etta Mays
- Homer and Eddie
1989 Linda Cervi
- Drugstore Cowboy
1989 Drug Counselor
- Family Matters
1989 Helen
- Inside Out
1987 Verna
- Big Shots
1987 Miss Hanks
- Frank's Place
1987
- CBS Summer Playhouse
1987 Katherine
- Beauty and the Beast
1987 Narcissa
- As Summers Die
1986 Elvira Backus
- Acceptable Risks
1986 Sally Framm
- Designing Women
1986
- L.A. Law
1986 Eleanor Williams
- Matlock
1986 Martha Jordan
- Generation
1985 Edna
- And the Children Shall Lead
1985 Miss Annie
- 227
1985
- Murder, She Wrote
1984 Ola Mae
- Punky Brewster
1984
- Hunter
1984 Ella Mae Fuller
- Mike Hammer
1984 Maddy Higgins
- The Hitchhiker
1983 Serita
- St. Elsewhere
1982 Regina
- The Sophisticated Gents
1981 Mae Porter
- A Christmas Without Snow
1980 Wendell's Grandma
- Banjo the Woodpile Cat
1979 Zazu (voice)
- Roots: The Next Generations
1979 Cynthia Palmer
- Ring of Passion
1978 Lilly Brooks
- Vega$
1978
- Just an Old Sweet Song
1976 Grandma
- Mahogany
1975 Florence
- Outrage!
1973 Thelma
- A Dream for Christmas
1973 Grandma Bessie
- The Magician
1973 Mrs. Thatcher
- Footsteps
1972 Jessie Blake
- The Biscuit Eater
1972 Charity Tomlin
- Sanford and Son
1972
- The Great White Hope
1970 Mama Tiny
- Hawaii Five-O
1969 Mama Grant
- Room 222
1969
- The Bill Cosby Show
1969 Rose Kincaid
- It Takes a Thief
1968 Sister Martha Gowen
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 Mrs. Prentice
- In the Heat of the Night
1967 Mama Caleba
- Hurry Sundown
1967 Rose Scott
- Ironside
1967
- The Big Valley
1965 Hannah
- Gone Are the Days!
1963 Idella Landy
- The Miracle Worker
1962 Viney (uncredited)
- Dr. Kildare
1961 Alice
- Take a Giant Step
1959 May Scott
- The Mugger
1958 Grecco Maid
