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