Actress
- 2000: Something to Sing About (TV) .... Elderly Woman
- 1999: At Face Value .... Miss Ella
- 1998: I Got the Hook Up .... Grandmother ... aka I Got the Hook-Up (USA: review title)
- 1998: Bulworth .... Momma Doll
- 1998: Since You've Been Gone (TV) .... Old Lady
- 1998: The Jamie Foxx Show .... Mother Superior (1 episode, 1998)
- 1997: Kiss the Girls .... Nana Cross
- 1997: I'm Bout It (V) .... Mrs. Alberta
- 1996: Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood .... Loc Dog's Grandma
- 1995: The Wayans Bros. .... Mother Evans (1 episode, 1995)
- 1995: The Parent 'Hood .... Ms. Morris (1 episode, 1995)
- 1994: Beverly Hills Cop III .... Grandma
- 1993: The Pitch .... Old Woman
- 1991: House Party 2 .... Mrs. Deevers
- 1991: Doc Hollywood .... Maddie, Welcoming Committee
- 1991: A Rage in Harlem .... Mrs. Canfield
- 1990: The Flash .... Sadie Grosso (1 episode, 1990)
- 1990: Night Angel .... Sadie
- 1990: 227 .... Pearl Shay (116 episodes, 1985–1990)
- 1989: Jackée (TV) .... Pearl Shay
- 1989: Full House .... Shirley (1 episode, 1989)
- 1989: A Raisin in the Sun (TV) .... Mrs. Johnson
- 1987: Hollywood Shuffle .... Bobby's Grandmother
- 1985: Amos (TV) .... Mrs. McKenzie
- 1984: Benson .... Benson's Aunt (1 episode, 1984)
- 1984: Repo Man .... Mrs. Parks
- 1984: St. Elsewhere .... Elderly Lady (1 episode, 1984)
- 1984: The Jerk, Too (TV) .... Grandma Johnson
- 1984: Hardcastle and McCormick (1 episode, 1984)
- 1983: Deal of the Century .... Baptist #3
- 1983: The Jeffersons .... Alice (1 episode, 1983)
- 1983: Alice .... Customer (1 episode, 1983)
- 1983: Hill Street Blues .... Neighbor / ... (2 episodes, 1981–1983)
- 1982: Wacko .... Harbinger's mother
- 1982: T. J. Hooker .... Mrs. Sears (1 episode, 1982)
- 1981: The White Shadow .... Louise / ... (2 episodes, 1980–1981)
- 1980: The Stockard Channing Show .... Maid (1 episode, 1980)
- 1979: Better Late Than Never (TV)
- 1979: Good Times .... Wanda (7 episodes, 1974–1979)
- 1979: Lawman Without a Gun (TV) .... Mrs. Cartwright
- 1979: Dummy (TV) .... Mrs. Harrod
- 1979: What's Happening!! .... Millie / ... (3 episodes, 1976–1979)
- 1978: Baby, I'm Back .... Luzelle Carter (12 episodes, 1978)
- 1978: Cindy (TV) .... Flower lady
- 1978: A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich .... Mrs. Bell
- 1977: Starsky and Hutch .... Dirty Nellie / ... (2 episodes, 1977)
- 1977: Insight .... Bessie (1 episode, 1977)
- 1977: Sanford and Son .... Church Sister #1 / ... (4 episodes, 1976–1977)
- 1975: That's My Mama .... Laura (6 episodes, 1975)
- 1973: Maude .... Stella (2 episodes, 1973–1974)
- 1974: Death Wish .... Alma Lee Brown
- 1973: Big Daddy (TV)
- 1971: The Anderson Tapes (uncredited) .... Minor Role
- 1970: Where's Poppa? .... Second Job Applicant
- 1970: Cotton Comes to Harlem .... Church Sister
- 1969: J.T. (TV) .... Mrs. Hill
- 1955: The Phenix City Story .... Helen Ward
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Famous quotes containing the word actress:
“An actress reading a part for the first time tries many ways to say the same line before she settles into the one she believes suits the character and situation best. There’s an aspect of the rehearsing actress about the girl on the verge of her teens. Playfully, she is starting to try out ways to be a grown-up person.”
—Stella Chess (20th century)
“An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine.”
—Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)
“For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.”
—Ethel Barrymore (1897–1959)