Ruby Dee
Betty and Coretta(2013)
Narrator
A Thousand Words(2012)
Annie McCall
Politics of Love(2011)
Video Girl(2011)
Valerie
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll(2011)
Miss Candy
America(2009)
Mrs. Harper
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School(2009)
Narrator (voice)
American Gangster(2007)
Mama Lucas
Steam(2007)
Doris
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema(2007)
Herself
All About Us(2007)
Ms. Ella
No. 2(2006)
Nanna Maria
The Way Back Home(2006)
Maude
Their Eyes Were Watching God(2005)
Nanny
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years(2004)
(archive footage)
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives(2003)
Feast of All Saints(2001)
Elsie Claviere
Taking Back Our Town(2001)
Emelda West
Finding Buck McHenry(2000)
Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer(2000)
Grandmother
Passing Glory(1999)
Mommit Porter
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years(1999)
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Baby Geniuses(1999)
Margo
The Unfinished Journey(1999)
Narrator (voice)
The Wall(1998)
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner(1998)
Narrator
A Simple Wish(1997)
Hortence
Mr. and Mrs. Loving(1996)
Sophia
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story(1996)
Indigo
Just Cause(1995)
Evangeline Ferguson
Tuesday Morning Ride(1995)
Jennie
Whitewash(1994)
Grandmother (voice)
Cop & ½(1993)
Rachel
After Goodbye(1993)
Narrator
The Ernest Green Story(1993)
Lydia Wilson
Color Adjustment(1992)
Narrator
Jungle Fever(1991)
Lucinda Purify
Jazztime Tale(1991)
Narrator (voice)
Love at Large(1990)
Corrine Dart
Decoration Day(1990)
Rowena
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson(1990)
Jackie's Mother
Zora is My Name!(1990)
Zora Neale Hurston
Do the Right Thing(1989)
Mother Sister
Go Tell It on the Mountain(1984)
Mrs. Grimes
Papua New Guinea: Anthropology on Trial(1983)
Cat People(1982)
Female
Long Day's Journey Into Night(1982)
Mary Tyrone
All God's Children(1980)
Irene Whitfield
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six(1980)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings(1979)
Grandmother Baxter
Countdown at Kusini(1976)
Leah Matanzima
It's Good to Be Alive(1974)
Ruth Campanella
Wedding Band(1974)
Julia Augustine
Chelsea D.H.O.(1973)
Dr. Bianca Pearson
Buck and the Preacher(1972)
Ruth
Black Girl(1972)
Netta's mother
To Be Young, Gifted and Black(1972)
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
On Merit(1972)
Narrator (voice)
The Sheriff(1971)
Sue Ann Lucas
Deadlock(1969)
Lucinda
Uptight(1968)
The Incident(1967)
Joan Robinson
Neighbours(1966)
Vicky Kingsbury
Gone Are the Days!(1963)
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
The Balcony(1963)
Thief
A Raisin in the Sun(1961)
Ruth Younger
Virgin Island(1959)
Ruth
Take a Giant Step(1959)
Christine
St. Louis Blues(1958)
Elizabeth
Edge of the City(1957)
Lucy Tyler
Go Man Go(1954)
Irma Jackson
The Tall Target(1951)
Rachel
The Jackie Robinson Story(1950)
Rae Robinson
No Way Out(1950)
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
The Fight Never Ends(1948)
What a Guy(1948)
Easy to Get(1947)
Drugstore Girl
That Man of Mine(1946)
Joan
Love in Syncopation(1946)