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The Biscuit Eater

1972
as Charity Tomlin

Acceptable Risks

1986
as Sally Framm

Homer and Eddie

1989
as Linda Cervi

The Great White Hope

1970
as Mama Tiny

Inside Out

1986
as Verna

A Dream for Christmas

1973
as Grandma Bessie

Roots: The Next Generations

1979
as Cynthia Palmer

Outrage

1973
as Thelma

Mahogany

1975
as Florence

As Summers Die

1986
as Elvira Backus

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

2003
as Beah Richards

Hearts Afire

1992
as Miss Lula

Out of Darkness

1994
as Mrs. Cooper

Beloved

1998
as Baby Suggs, aka Grandma Baby

Ring of Passion

1978
as Lilly Brooks

Take a Giant Step

1959
as May Scott

Hurry Sundown

1967
as Rose Scott

Gone Are the Days!

1963
as Idella Landy

Drugstore Cowboy

1989
as Drug Counselor

Guest Star

Episode Sanford and Son
By the Numbers
1972
Episode Petrocelli
Jubilee Jones
1976
Episode Hunter
Saturday Night Special
1986
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Once Upon a Time (1)
1969
Episode Family Matters
I Should Have Done Something
1991
Episode Hunter
Not Just Another John Doe
1987
Episode St. Elsewhere
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1984
Episode Palmerstown, U.S.A.
Old Sister
1980
Episode Benson
No Sad Songs
1981
Episode Hawaii Five-O
Once Upon a Time (2)
1969
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Judge Not
1991
Episode Ironside
Alias Mr. Braithwaite
1969
Episode Vega$
The Hunter Hunted
1980
Episode Room 222
Arizona State Loves You
1969
Episode Apple's Way
The Witness
1974
Episode Frank's Place
The Bridge
1987
Episode Designing Women
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (1)
1990
Episode Sanford and Son
The Light Housekeeper
1972
Episode Designing Women
The First Day of the Last Decade of the Entire Twentieth Century (2)
1990
Episode The John Larroquette Show
Amends
1993
Episode 227
Happy Twentieth
1987
Episode Matlock
The Diner
1993
Episode The Facts of Life
Present Imperfect
1988
Episode 227
The Class of '90
1990
Episode Benson
Home for Christmas
1984
Episode L.A. Law
Blood, Sweat and Fears
1990
Episode Designing Women
Wedding Redux
1993
Episode Murder, She Wrote
Mourning Among the Wisterias
1988
Episode I Spy
Cops and Robbers
1967
Episode 227
Fifty Big Ones
1986
Episode The Practice
Till Death Do Us Part (1)
2000