(2008) A Raisin in the Sun

as Lena Younger

(2023) Our Son

as Maya

(2021) tick, tick... BOOM!

as "Sunday" Legend #12

(2017) JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala

as Self - Host

(2010) Just Wright

as Ella McKnight

(2012) Good Deeds

as Wilimena Deeds

(2010) For Colored Girls

as Gilda

(1996) The Babysitter's Seduction

as Kate Jacobs

(1972) The Broad Coalition

as ---

(2010) Frankie & Alice

as Edna

(1989) Polly

as Aunt Polly

(2023) Being Mary Tyler Moore

as Self (voice)

(2011) Change of Plans

as Dorothy

(1996) Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored

as Ma Ponk

(2012) Steel Magnolias

as Clairee

(1999) Free of Eden

as Desiree

(2001) Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

as Cassandra Hawkins

(2023) Heaven Down Here

as Nancy

(2001) The Old Settler

as Elizabeth Barney

(2024) The Beekeeper

as Eloise Parker

(1994) David's Mother

as Gladys Johnson

(1990) Polly: Comin' Home!

as Aunt Polly

(2021) Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority

as Narrator (voice)

(2002) NBC 75th Anniversary Special

as Self

(1991) Jailbirds

as Janice Grant

(1981) We're Fighting Back

as ---

(1987) Uncle Tom's Cabin

as Eliza

Coretta Scott

as Self - Narrator (voice)

(2015) Emily & Tim

as Emily (Segment 5)

(2015) Creed

as Mary Anne Creed

(1995) The Possession of Michael D.

as Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist)

(2015) August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

as Self

(1988) Mickey's 60th Birthday

as Disneyland Cleaning Lady

(2017) Tour de Pharmacy

as Victoria Young

(1989) False Witness

as Lynne Jacobi

(2018) Creed II

as Mary Anne Creed

(2018) Charlie's Place

as Narrator (voice)

(2001) The Visit

as Dr. Coles

(2020) Soul

as Libba Gardner (voice)

(2020) Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey

as Grandmother Journey

(2020) A Fall from Grace

as Sarah

(2023) Creed III

as Mary-Anne Creed

(2020) Black Box

as Lillian

(2014) Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee

as Self

(2020) Between the World and Me

as Self

(2020) Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King

as Self - Actress

(1993) Hallelujah

as Mayor Turner

(2021) Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist

as Self

(2021) Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

as Anna Campbell

(2002) The Cosby Show: A Look Back

as Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage)

(1990) The Earth Day Special

as Clair Huxtable

(2025) Ruth & Boaz

as Naomi

(2021) Show of Titles

as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer

(2013) Gods Behaving Badly

as Demeter

(1987) A Different World

as Clair Huxtable

(1998) Dinosaur - Preshow

as Dr Helen Marsh

(1992) Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio

as Self

(2016) VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens

as ---

(1995) In the House

as ---

(1987) A Different World

as Clair Huxtable

(2005) Everybody Hates Chris

as ---

(2006) Psych

as Winnifred Guster

(1994) Touched by an Angel

as Elizabeth Jessup

(1984) The Cosby Show

as Clair Huxtable

(2019) Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

(1990) Blossom

as ---

(2005) Grey's Anatomy

as Nell Timms

(1999) Little Bill

as Brenda Glover (voice)

(1996) Cosby

as Ruth Lucas

(2000) Bull

as ---

(2013) Do No Harm

as Dr. Vanessa Young

(1993) Intimate Portrait

as Self

(2016) Jean-Claude Van Johnson

as Jane

(2022) Inside the Black Box

as ---

(1983) Reading Rainbow

as Narrator (voice)

(1995) Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Lady Fulton (voice)

(1996) The Rosie O'Donnell Show

as Self - Guest

(2017) The Good Fight

as Renetta Clark

(1987) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

as Jane Goodfellow (voice)

(2024) Diarra from Detroit

as Vonda

(2013) Sofia the First

as Mountain Witch (voice)

(2016) This Is Us

as Carol Clarke

(2020) Little America

as Margaret Jean the Queen

(2019) David Makes Man

as Dr. Woods-Trap

(1956) Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

(2018) Station 19

as Pilar

(2023) Curses!

as Georgia (voice)

(2022) Sherri

as Self - Guest

(2022) The Gilded Age

as Elizabeth Kirkland

(1949) The Emmy Awards

as Self

(1948) Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

as ---