| title: | year: | as: |
| Pictures of Hollis Woods | 2007 | Edna Reilly |
| 20 on 20 | 2007 | |
| Desperate Housewives | 2006 | Betty Applewhite |
| Take the Lead | 2006 | Augustine James |
| The Water Is Wide | 2006 | Mrs. Brown |
| Something New | 2006 | Joyce McQueen |
| Inconceivable | 2005 | Dr. Lydia Crawford |
| Beauty Shop | 2005 | Ms. Josephine |
| The Forgotten | 2004 | Det. Anne Pope |
| Radio | 2003 | Principal Daniels |
| Static Shock | 2003 | Jean Hawkins |
| A Wrinkle in Time | 2003 | Mrs. Whatsit |
| The Core | 2003 | Dr. Talma Stickley |
| The Practice | 2003 | Denise Freeman |
| The Singing Detective | 2003 | Chief of Staff |
| The Wild Thornberrys Movie | 2002 | Akela |
| Baby of the Family | 2002 | Rachel |
| K-PAX | 2001 | Dr. Claudia Villars |
| Holiday Heart | 2000 | Wanda |
| Lost Souls | 2000 | Dr. Allen |
| Dinosaur | 2000 | Plio |
| Love Basketball | 2000 | Camille Wright |
| What's Cooking? | 2000 | Audrey Williams |
| John Henry | 2000 | Polly Narrator |
| Mumford | 1999 | Lily |
| Funny Valentines | 1999 | Joyce May |
| The Wishing Tree | 1999 | Clara |
| Secrets | 1998 | |
| Down in the Delta | 1998 | Loretta Sinclair |
| Homicide: Life on the Street | 1998 | Dr. Roxanne Turner |
| Miss Evers' Boys | 1997 | Eunice Evers, R.N. |
| The Member of the Wedding | 1997 | Berenice Sadie Brown |
| Adventures from the Book of Virtues | 1997 | Harriet Tubman |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | 1997 | Maisie |
| Star Trek: First Contact | 1996 | Lily Sloane |
| A Step Toward Tomorrow | 1996 | Dr. Sandlin |
| Primal Fear | 1996 | Judge Miriam Shoat |
| Special Report: Journey to Mars | 1996 | Tamara O'Neil |
| Gulliver's Travels | 1996 | Queen of Brobdingnag |
| Follow Me Home | 1996 | Evey |
| The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True | 1995 | Host |
| How to Make an American Quilt | 1995 | Marianna |
| The Piano Lesson | 1995 | Berniece Charles |
| Statistically Speaking | 1995 | |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | 1995 | Winoome Bear |
| Frasier | 1994 | Edna |
| Crooklyn | 1994 | Carolyn Carmichael |
| Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad | 1994 | Harriet Tubman |
| Blue Chips | 1994 | Lavada McRae |
| Aliens for Breakfast | 1994 | |
| Bopha! | 1993 | Rosie Mangena |
| Heart and Souls | 1993 | Penny Washington |
| Rich in Love | 1993 | Rhody Poole |
| Passion Fish | 1992 | Chantelle |
| The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | 1992 | Attorney Ann Orkin |
| Grand Canyon | 1991 | Jane |
| Pretty Hattie's Baby | 1991 | |
| Blue Bayou | 1990 | Jessica Filley |
| A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story | 1989 | Mary Thomas |
| Miss Firecracker | 1989 | Popeye Jackson |
| Scrooged | 1988 | Grace Cooley |
| St. Elsewhere | 1988 | Dr. Roxanne Turner |
| The Child Saver | 1988 | Andrea Crawford |
| Mandela | 1987 | Winnie Mandela |
| Unnatural Causes | 1986 | Maude DeVictor |
| L.A. Law | 1986 | Adrianne Moore |
| Extremities | 1986 | Patricia |
| Faerie Tale Theatre | 1985 | Princess Lovinia |
| Sara | 1985 | Rozalyn Dupree |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | 1985 | Esther |
| The Killing Floor | 1985 | Mattie |
| Words by Heart | 1985 | Claudie |
| Sweet Revenge | 1984 | Vicki Teague |
| Hill Street Blues | 1983 | Doris Robson |
| Cross Creek | 1983 | Geechee |
| Tucker's Witch | 1982 | Marcia Fulbright |
| For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf | 1982 | |
| The Ambush Murders | 1982 | Kariha Ellsworth |
| Precious Blood | 1982 | |
| The Sophisticated Gents | 1981 | Evelyn Evers |
| Enos | 1981 | Darlene |
| The White Shadow | 1980 | Sandra Wilcox |
| HealtH | 1980 | Sally Benbow |
| Freedom Road | 1979 | Katie |
| Remember My Name | 1978 | Rita |
| The Trial of the Moke | 1978 | |
