Actor Credits

• 1.
  Bury Me Standing (2010) ..... Gloria
• 2.
  American Inquisition (2008) ..... Alma Roberts
• 3.
  Reach for Me (2008) ..... Evelyn
• 4.
  The Family That Preys (2008)
• 5.
  Pictures of Hollis Woods (2007) ..... Edna Reilly
• 6.
  Something New (2006) ..... Joyce McQueen
• 7.
  Take the Lead (2006) ..... Augustine James
• 8.
  The Water Is Wide (2006) ..... Mrs. Brown
• 9.
  Beauty Shop (2005) ..... Ms. Josephine
• 10.
  Inconceivable (2005) ..... Dr. Lydia Crawford
• 11.
  Desperate Housewives (2004) ..... Betty Applewhite
• 12.
  The Forgotten (2004) ..... Det. Anne Pope
• 13.
  A Wrinkle in Time (2003) ..... Mrs. Whatsit
• 14.
  Radio (2003) ..... Principal Daniels
• 15.
  The Core (2003) ..... Dr. Talma Stickley
• 16.
  The Singing Detective (2003) ..... Chief of Staff
• 17.
  Baby of the Family (2002) ..... Rachel
• 18.
  The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) ..... Akela
• 19.
  K-PAX (2001) ..... Dr. Claudia Villars
• 20.
  Dinosaur (2000) ..... Plio
• 21.
  Holiday Heart (2000) ..... Wanda
• 22.
  John Henry (2000) ..... Polly | Narrator
• 23.
  Lost Souls (2000) ..... Dr. Allen
• 24.
  Love & Basketball (2000) ..... Camille Wright
• 25.
  Static Shock (2000) ..... Jean Hawkins
• 26.
  What`s Cooking? (2000) ..... Audrey Williams
• 27.
  Funny Valentines (1999) ..... Joyce May
• 28.
  Mumford (1999) ..... Lily
• 29.
  The Wishing Tree (1999) ..... Clara
• 30.
  Down in the Delta (1998) ..... Loretta Sinclair
• 31.
  Secrets (1998)
• 32.
  Miss Evers` Boys (1997) ..... Eunice Evers, R.N.
• 33.
  The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue (1997) ..... Maisie
• 34.
  The Member of the Wedding (1997) ..... Berenice Sadie Brown
• 35.
  The Practice (1997) ..... Denise Freeman
• 36.
  A Step Toward Tomorrow (1996) ..... Dr. Sandlin
• 37.
  Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1996) ..... Harriet Tubman
• 38.
  Follow Me Home (1996) ..... Evey
• 39.
  Gulliver`s Travels (1996) ..... Queen of Brobdingnag
• 40.
  Primal Fear (1996) ..... Judge Miriam Shoat
• 41.
  Special Report: Journey to Mars (1996) ..... Tamara O'Neil
• 42.
  Star Trek: First Contact (1996) ..... Lily Sloane
• 43.
  Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995) ..... Winoome Bear
• 44.
  How to Make an American Quilt (1995) ..... Marianna
• 45.
  Statistically Speaking (1995)
• 46.
  The Piano Lesson (1995) ..... Berniece Charles
• 47.
  The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) ..... Host
• 48.
  Aliens for Breakfast (1994)
• 49.
  Blue Chips (1994) ..... Lavada McRae
• 50.
  Crooklyn (1994) ..... Carolyn Carmichael
• 51.
  Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad (1994) ..... Harriet Tubman
• 52.
  Bopha! (1993) ..... Rosie Mangena
• 53.
  Frasier (1993) ..... Edna
• 54.
  Heart and Souls (1993) ..... Penny Washington
• 55.
  Homicide: Life on the Street (1993) ..... Dr. Roxanne Turner
• 56.
  Rich in Love (1993) ..... Rhody Poole
• 57.
  Passion Fish (1992) ..... Chantelle
• 58.
  The Gun in Betty Lou`s Handbag (1992) ..... Attorney Ann Orkin
• 59.
  Grand Canyon (1991) ..... Jane
• 60.
  Pretty Hattie`s Baby (1991)
• 61.
  Blue Bayou (1990) ..... Jessica Filley
• 62.
  A Mother`s Courage: The Mary Thomas Story (1989) ..... Mary Thomas
• 63.
  Miss Firecracker (1989) ..... Popeye Jackson
• 64.
  Scrooged (1988) ..... Grace Cooley
• 65.
  The American Experience (1988) ..... Narrator
• 66.
  The Child Saver (1988) ..... Andrea Crawford
• 67.
  Mandela (1987) ..... Winnie Mandela
• 68.
  Extremities (1986) ..... Patricia
• 69.
  L.A. Law (1986) ..... Adrianne Moore
• 70.
  Unnatural Causes (1986) ..... Maude DeVictor
• 71.
  Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) ..... Esther
• 72.
  Sara (1985) ..... Rozalyn Dupree
• 73.
  The Killing Floor (1985) ..... Mattie
• 74.
  Words by Heart (1985) ..... Claudie
• 75.
  Sweet Revenge (1984) ..... Vicki Teague
• 76.
  Cross Creek (1983) ..... Geechee
• 77.
  For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf (1982)
• 78.
  Precious Blood (1982)
• 79.
  Shelley Duvall`s Faerie Tale Theatre (1982) ..... Princess Lovinia
• 80.
  St. Elsewhere (1982) ..... Dr. Roxanne Turner
• 81.
  The Ambush Murders (1982) ..... Kariha Ellsworth
• 82.
  Tucker`s Witch (1982) ..... Marcia Fulbright
• 83.
  Hill Street Blues (1981) ..... Doris Robson
• 84.
  The Sophisticated Gents (1981) ..... Evelyn Evers
• 85.
  Enos (1980) ..... Darlene
• 86.
  HealtH (1980) ..... Sally Benbow
• 87.
  Freedom Road (1979) ..... Katie
• 88.
  Remember My Name (1978) ..... Rita
• 89.
  The Trial of the Moke (1978)
• 90.
  The White Shadow (1978) ..... Sandra Wilcox

• 1.
  Funny Valentines (1999)
• 2.
  Down in the Delta (1998)

• 1.
  20 on 20 (2007)
• 2.
  Nefertiti and the Lost Dynasty (2007)
• 3.
  For Love of Liberty: The Story of America`s Black Patriots (2006)
• 4.
  King Leopold`s Ghost (2006)
• 5.
  Legends Ball (2006)
• 6.
  The 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2006)
• 7.
  The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006)
• 8.
  The Megan Mullally Show (2006)
• 9.
  Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2005)
• 10.
  Remembering `The Forgotten` (2005)
• 11.
  All Our Sons: Fallen Heroes of 9/11 (2004)
• 12.
  Tavis Smiley (2004)
• 13.
  Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
• 14.
  The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2003)
• 15.
  Tribeca Film Festival Presents (2003)
• 16.
  Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
• 17.
  Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
• 18.
  American Exile (2001)
• 19.
  Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks (2000)
• 20.
  The Kennedy Center Presents: Speak Truth to Power (2000)
• 21.
  The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story (2000)
• 22.
  Celebrity Profile (1999)
• 23.
  The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999)
• 24.
  The Directors (1999)
• 25.
  The Underground Railroad (1999)
• 26.
  The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1998)
• 27.
  Cadillac Desert (1997)
• 28.
  The View (1997)
• 29.
  Wild On... (1997)
• 30.
  2nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1996)
• 31.
  A Century of Women (1994)
• 32.
  Countdown to Freedom: 10 Days That Changed South Africa (1994)
• 33.
  Dennis Miller Live (1994)
• 34.
  Frederick Douglass: When the Lion Wrote History (1994)
• 35.
  HBO First Look (1994)
• 36.
  The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993)
• 37.
  The Arsenio Hall Show (1989)
• 38.
  20th NAACP Image Awards (1988)
• 39.
  The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
• 40.
  Frontline (1983)
• 41.
  Reading Rainbow (1983)

• 1.
  Beauty Shop (2005)
• 2.
  The Member of the Wedding (1997)