Known For
Filmography
Where Is Your Faith
2026
as Ruth Hazel Reynolds
Black Adam
2022
as Wizard #7
6.8
Doretha's Blues
2021
as Doretha
First Christmas
2020
as Memaw
5.6
Come Sunday
2018
as Lillie Ruth Pearson
5.8
The Golden Voices
2018
as Dean Vickie Wilson
4
Same Kind of Different as Me
2017
as Big Mama
6.8
Girls Trip
2017
as Aunt Marian
6.8
The Hollars
2016
as Latisha
6.3
American Hero
2015
as Gladis
5.5
The Wronged Man
2010
as Ms. Newton
6.1
Lottery Ticket
2010
as Random Neighbor #3
5.6
Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007
as Elderly Woman
7.6
Constellation
2007
as Reverand
5.6
Alabama Love Story
2003
7
The Rosa Parks Story
2002
as Johnnie Carr
7.1
Hood Rat
2001
as Vetta Taylor
5.4
Confession of a Florist
1999
as Connie
Mama Flora's Family
1998
as Bessie
7.6
My Stepson, My Lover
1997
as Delia Gray
4
A Time to Kill
1996
as Gwen Hailey
7.4
Gramps
1995
as Rae Ellen
7.5
The Sister-in-Law
1995
as Libby
4.8
One Christmas
1994
as Evangeline
5.7
A Passion for Justice: The Hazel Brannon Smith Story
1994
as Henrietta
9
Leave of Absence
1994
as Cora Winsor
4.5
ER
1994
as Pearl
7.8
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Lois
7.2
Body Snatchers
1993
as Teacher
6.2
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Judge Loretta Paxton
7
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
as Principal Rivers
7
Caroline?
1990
as Diane
5.8
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Mrs. Walker
7.7
Courtship
1987
as Aunt Charity
10
Matlock
1986
as Henrietta Dorsey
7
Matlock
1986
as Elena
7
Mistress of Paradise
1981
as Sister Sarah
7.5
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
1981
as Mama Paige
6.6
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
as Lillie
4.3
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
1978
as Mrs. Avery
8
Minstrel Man
1977
as Carla
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Diane
8.8