Filmografía
Películas
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Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)2018 -
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self2014 -
Betty and Coretta
Narrator2013 -
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self2013 -
Mil Palabras
Annie McCall2012 -
Video Girl
Valerie2011 -
Politics of Love
2011 -
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy2011 -
A Place Out of Time: The Bordentown School
Narrator (voice)2009 -
America
Mrs. Harper2009 -
Steam
Doris2007 -
Gángster Americano
Mama Lucas2007 -
All About Us
Ms. Ella2007 -
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Herself2007 -
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self2007 -
Discovering William Greaves
Self2006 -
No. 2
Nanna Maria2006 -
Sueños de Libertad
Nanny2005 -
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self2004 -
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
(archive footage)2004 -
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2003 -
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Self2002 -
Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West2001 -
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere2001 -
Finding Buck McHenry
Mrs. Henry2000 -
A Storm in Summer
Grandmother2000 -
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)1999
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Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany1999 -
Pequeños genios
Margo1999 -
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self1999 -
Passing Glory
Mommit Porter1999 -
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator1998
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The Wall
Mrs. Mitchell (segment "The Badge")1998 -
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self1998 -
A Simple Wish
Hortence1997 -
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)1997
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Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Indigo1996 -
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sophia1996 -
Causa justa
Evangeline Ferguson1995 -
Tuesday Morning Ride
Jennie1995 -
Whitewash
Grandmother (voice)1994 -
The Stand
Mother Abagail1994 -
After Goodbye
Narrator1993 -
Un policía y medio
Rachel1993 -
The Ernest Green Story
Lydia Wilson1993 -
Color Adjustment
Narrator1992 -
Jazztime Tale
Narrator (voice)1991 -
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify1991 -
Decoration Day
Rowena1990 -
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Jackie's Mother1990 -
Love at Large
Corrine Dart1990 -
Zora is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston1990 -
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self1989
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Haz lo correcto
Mother Sister1989 -
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mrs. Grimes1985 -
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Mary Tyrone1982 -
La marca de la pantera
Female1982 -
All God's Children
Irene Whitfield1980 -
The Torture of Mothers: The Case of the Harlem Six
1980 -
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baxter1979 -
Countdown at Kusini
Leah Matanzima1976 -
Wedding Band
Julia Augustine1974 -
It's Good to Be Alive
Ruth Campanella1974 -
Black Girl
Netta's mother1972 -
Odio en las praderas
Ruth1972 -
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters1972 -
On Merit
Narrator (voice)1972
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The Sheriff
Sue Ann Lucas1971 -
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)1970 -
Deadlock
Lucinda1969 -
Uptight
Laurie1968 -
El incidente
Joan Robinson1967 -
Neighbours
Vicky Kingsbury1966
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Gone Are the Days!
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins1963 -
The Balcony
Thief1963 -
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger1961 -
Take a Giant Step
Christine1959 -
Virgin Island
Ruth1959 -
St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth1958 -
El hombre que venció al miedo
Lucy Tyler1957 -
Go Man Go
Irma Jackson1954 -
The Tall Target
Rachel1951 -
No Way Out
Connie Brooks (uncredited)1950 -
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson1950 -
The Fight Never Ends
1948 -
What a Guy
1948 -
Easy to Get
Drugstore Girl1947 -
Love in Syncopation
1946 -
That Man of Mine
Joan1946
Series
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Iconoclasts
Self2005 -
Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years
Narrator2002 -
CSI: Las Vegas
Mary Wilson2000 -
Pequeño Bill
1999 -
Christianity: The First 1000 Years
Herself - Narrator1998
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Felices Para Siempre
Grandma (voice)1995 -
El Toque de un Angel
LaBelle Springbelt1994 -
La Danza de la Muerte
Mother Abagail1994 -
Middle Ages
Estelle Williams1992 -
American Experience
Narrator (voice)1988 -
China Beach
1988 -
Lincoln
Elizabeth Keckley1988 -
Spenser: For Hire
1985 -
Años Dorados
Mammy Watkins1985 -
The Atlanta Child Murders
Faye Williams1985 -
Reading Rainbow
Herself - Narrator (voice)1983 -
Raíces: La nueva generación
Queen Victoria Haley1979 -
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self1978 -
Mujer Policía
1974 -
Great Performances
Self1971 -
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest1968 -
The Great Adventure
Harriet Tubman1963 -
El fugitivo
Laura Smith1963 -
The Defenders
Catherine Collins1961 -
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Rowena Finch1951