| Series | Roots: The Next Generations | Sister Will Ada | 1979-02-18 |
| Movie | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Big Ma | 1978-06-02 |
| Movie | The American Woman: Portraits of Courage | Sojourner Truth | 1976-05-20 |
| Movie | Cry Panic | Ethel Hanson | 1974-02-06 |
| Movie | The Migrants | Rose Daw | 1974-02-03 |
| Movie | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | 1972-01-20 | |
| Movie | Moon of the Wolf | Sara | 1972-09-26 |
| Movie | Black Girl | Mu' Dear | 1972-11-09 |
| Movie | Incident in San Francisco | Odessa Carter | 1971-02-28 |
| Movie | There Was a Crooked Man... | Madam | 1970-09-18 |
| Series | The Nurses | Unknown | 1962-09-27 |
| Movie | A Raisin in the Sun | Lena Younger | 1961-05-28 |
| Movie | The Last Angry Man | Mrs. Quincy | 1959-10-22 |