Irma P. Hall
- Blue Porcelain
2022 Great-Grandma
- Concrete Kids
2018 Nana
- The Golden Voices
2018 Georgia Mae Jackson
- Lady Luck
2017 Mrs. Bailey
- New Life
2016 Margaret
- Jerico
2016 Grandma
- A Heart That Forgives
2016 Ms. Gussie
- Uncommon
2015 Aunt Shirley Bailey
- A Man Called Jon
2015 Sadie Johnson
- Steps of Faith
2014 Dorothy Lee
- Night Vet
2014 Mabel
- Changing the Game
2012 Grandma Barnes
- Hiding in Plain Sight
2012 Ida Mae Blackmon
- Wolf
2012 Brenda
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010 Mrs. Roberts
- Hurricane Season
2010 Grandma Rose
- Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
2009 Binnie Rogers
- Diary of a Single Mom
2009 Dessa
- Uncross the Stars
2008 Lulu
- Meet the Browns
2008 Mildred
- Rain
2008 Rosalie
- P.N.O.K.
2005 Mildred Burnett
- Gift for the Living
2005 Carrie Mae
- Collateral
2004 Ida Durocher
- The Ladykillers
2004 Marva Munson
- An Unexpected Love
2003 Mary
- Don't Let Go
2002 Hazel
- Our America
2002 June Jones
- Miss Lettie and Me
2002 Rose Griffin
- Bad Company
2002 Mrs. Banks
- A Rugrats Kwanzaa
2001 Aunt T. (voice)
- Something to Sing About
2000 Memaw
- A Slipping Down Life
1999 Clotelia
- A Lesson Before Dying
1999 Miss Emma
- Patch Adams
1998 Joletta
- Beloved
1998 Ella
- The Love Letter
1998 Mae Mullen
- Nothing to Lose
1997 Bertha "Mama" Davidson
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 Minerva
- Steel
1997 Grandma Odessa
- Soul Food
1997 Mother Joe
- Buddy
1997 Emma
- A Family Thing
1996 Aunt T.
- To Sir, with Love II
1996 Old Woman
- In the Company of Darkness
1993 Apartment Manager
- Mo' Money
1992 Lady on Phone
- Straight Talk
1992 Ethel
- Backdraft
1991 Nurse
- The Kid Who Loved Christmas
1990 Mrs. Smith
- Uncle Tom's Cabin
1987 Mammy
- They Still Call Me Bruce
1987 Mrs. Brown
- Square Dance
1987 Preacher Dixon
- On Valentine's Day
1986 Aunt Charity
- Split Image
1982 Maid
- Broken Promise
1981 Williston
- Crisis at Central High
1981 Lulu Richards
- Skyward
1980 Mrs. Sinclair
- Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II
1980 Grandma Beaumont
- Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
1979 Dora
- Book of Numbers
1973 Georgia Brown
