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The Unfinished Journey
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The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Miss Candy
1950
No Way Out
Connie Brooks (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story
Rae Robinson
1951
The Tall Target
Rachel
1954
Go, Man, Go!
Irma Jackson
1957
Edge of the City
Lucy Tyler
1958
St. Louis Blues
Elizabeth
1959
Take a Giant Step
Christine
Our Virgin Island
Ruth
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Ruth Younger
1963
The Balcony
Thief
Gone Are the Days!
Lutiebelle Gussie Mae Jenkins
1967
The Incident
Joan Robinson
1968
Up Tight!
Laurie
1969
Deadlock
Lucinda
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self
1971
The Sheriff
Sue Ann Lucas
1972
Black Girl
Netta's mother
On Merit
Narrator (voice)
Buck and the Preacher
Ruth
To Be Young, Gifted and Black
Lorraine Hansberry and other assorted characters
1974
It's Good to Be Alive
Ruth Campanella
Wedding Band
Julia Augustine
1976
Countdown at Kusini
Leah Matanzima
1979
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Grandmother Baker
1980
All God's Children
Irene Whitfield
1982
Cat People
Female
1984
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mrs. Grimes
1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Herself
Do the Right Thing
Mother Sister
1990
Love at Large
Corrine Dart
Decoration Day
Rowena
The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson
Jackie's Mother
Zora is My Name!
Zora Neale Hurston
1991
Jungle Fever
Lucinda Purify
1992
Color Adjustment
Narrator
1993
The Ernest Green Story
Mrs. Lydia Wilson
Cop and a Half
Rachel
1994
Whitewash
Grandmother (voice)
The Stand
Mother Abagail Freemantle
1995
Tuesday Morning Ride
Just Cause
Evangeline Ferguson
1996
Mr. and Mrs. Loving
Sophia
Captive Heart: The James Mink Story
Indigo
1997
A Simple Wish
Hortence
1998
A Time To Dance: The Life and Work of Norma Canner
Narrator
1999
Passing Glory
Mommit Porter
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Annie Elizabeth 'Bessie' Delany
Baby Geniuses
Margo
2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Mrs. Henry
A Storm in Summer
Grandmother
2001
Taking Back Our Town
Emelda West
Feast of All Saints
Elsie Claviere
2002
Theater Talk: A Raisin in the Sun
Interviewee
2003
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Herself
Unchained Memories
2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Nanny
2006
Discovering William Greaves
Herself
No. 2
Nanna Maria
2007
In the Shadow of Hollywood: Race Movies and the Birth of Black Cinema
Herself
American Gangster
Mama Lucas
Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson
Self
Steam
Doris
2009
America
Mrs. Harper
2011
Politics of Love
Video Girl
Valerie
2012
A Thousand Words
Annie McCall
2013
Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
Self
Betty & Coretta
Narrator
2014
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
Self
2018
Poitier's Walter Lee