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Actor
23 credits
Ailey(2021)
Self
Film
A Fall from Grace(2020)
Alice
Film
Cherish the Day(2020)
Miss Luma Lee Langston
TVBiography: Farrah Fawcett Forever(2019)
Self
TV
No Lye: An American Beauty Story(2019)
Self
Film
Last Flag Flying(2017)
Actor
Film
Maya Angelou and Still I Rise(2016)
Self - Actress
Film
Showing Roots(2016)
Hattie
Film
Alex Cross(2012)
Nana Mama
Film
The Help(2011)
Actor
Film
Fat Rose and Squeaky(2006)
Celine
Film
Idlewild(2006)
Mother Hopkins
Film
Because of Winn-Dixie(2005)
Gloria
Film
Diary of a Mad Black Woman(2005)
Myrtle
Film
Hoodlum(1997)
Stephanie St. Clair
Film
Fried Green Tomatoes(1991)
Sipsey
Film
Bustin' Loose(1981)
Vivian Perry
Film
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich(1977)
Sweets
Film
The River Niger(1976)
Mattie Williams
Film
The Blue Bird(1976)
Tylette
Film
Sounder(1972)
Rebecca
Film
A Man Called Adam(1966)
Claudia Ferguson
Film
Carib Gold(1956)
Dottie
Film
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