| The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) |
| The Matrix Recalibrated (2004) Self |
| What I Want My Words to Do to You (2003) Self |
| The Matrix Revolutions (2003) The Oracle |
| Sunshine State (2002) Eunice Stokes |
| The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) Dorothy Cobb |
| The Photographer (2000) Violet |
| Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999) Dolores Williams |
| The Wishing Tree (1999) Mattie |
| Down in the Delta (1998) Rosa Lynn Sinclair |
| Bed of Roses (1996) Alice |
| Heading Home (1995) Mary Jones |
| Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995) |
| The Mother (1994) Black Lady |
| The Inkwell (1994) Evelyn |
| The Vernon Johns Story (1994) Altona |
| A Perfect World (1993) Lottie |
| Life with Mikey (1993) Mrs. Gordon |
| Malcolm X (1992) School Teacher |
| The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) Annie Lamb |
| Awakenings (1990) Nurse Margaret |
| To Sleep with Anger (1990) Suzie |
| The Women of Brewster Place (1989) Fannie Michael |
| Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985) Blind Lily |
| Teachers (1984) Linda Ganz |
| Beat Street (1984) Cora |
| The Killing Floor (1984) Lilah Dean |
| The Brass Ring (1983) Mrs. Hauser |
| A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion (1982) Beck |
| Joshua's World (1980) Housekeeper |
| Lawman Without a Gun (1979) Minnie Hayward |
| Just an Old Sweet Song (1976) Helen Mayfield |
| Sparkle (1976) Effie |
| The Education of Sonny Carson (1974) Moms |
| Sty of the Blind Pig (1974) Alberta Warren |