(1980) Fame

as Lydia

(2000) Everything's Jake

as Debbie Allen

(1981) Ragtime

as Sarah

(2020) Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

as Self

(1999) Michael Jordan: An American Hero

as Deloris Jordan

(1986) Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

as Michelle

(1979) The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

as Ola

(1983) The Kids from Fame: From the Royal Albert Hall London

as Self

(2008) Bring Back... Fame

as Self

(2005) Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

as Anita (segment "West Side Story") (archive footage)

(2022) Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising

as Self

(2011) A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

as Self

(2001) All About You

as ---

(1982) Alice at the Palace

as Red Queen

(1994) Mona Must Die

as Betty

(2023) The Hidden Power of Purpose

as Narrator (voice)

(2001) The Old Settler

as Quilly McGrath

(1995) Out-of-Sync

as Manicurist

(1985) Night of 100 Stars II

as Self

(2017) Broadway: The Next Generation

as Self

(2007) Tournament of Dreams

as Rhonda Dillins

(2001) The Painting

as Bertha Lee Gilmore

(2013) A Star for Rose

as Rose

(1983) Women of San Quentin

as Carol Freeman

(1979) Ebony, Ivory and Jade

as Claire 'Ebony' Bryant

(1977) The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened

as Julie Sutton

(1994) Blank Check

as Yvonne

(1991) Sunday in Paris

as Sunday Chase

(2002) The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo

as Self (uncredited)

(2002) It's Black Entertainment

as Self

(2009) Next Day Air

as Ms. Jackson

(2005) Confessions of an Action Star

as Self

(2018) American Tap

as Self

(1990) Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella

as Self

(1999) Intimate Portrait: Josephine Baker

as Herself

(1992) Stompin' at the Savoy

as Estelle

(2019) Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

as Self

(2006) Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story

as American Idol Auditionee in Sunglasses

(2009) Fame

as Ms. Angela Simms

(2020) Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

as Herself

(2021) Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous

as Betty Samson

(1985) Disneyland's 30th Anniversary Celebration

as Self

(2004) AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies

as Self

(1997) The Middle Passage

as Narrator

(1987) Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

as Self

(1984) The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

as ---

(1987) A Different World

as Dr.Langhorne

Splinter

as Mrs. James

(2014) The Hot Chocolate Nutcracker

as ---

(1995) In the House

as Jackie Warren

(1974) Good Times

as ---

(2005) Everybody Hates Chris

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(2003) All of Us

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(2001) The Division

as Wanda

(1982) Fame

as Lydia Grant

(1977) The Love Boat

as Selena Moore

(1984) The Cosby Show

as Emma

(1996) E! True Hollywood Story

as ---

(2019) Tamron Hall

as Self - Guest

(2005) So You Think You Can Dance

as ---

(1996) C Bear and Jamal

as ---

(2005) Grey's Anatomy

as Catherine Fox

(2005) Bring Back...

as Self - Lydia Grant

(1976) Battle of the Network Stars

as ---

(1993) Intimate Portrait

as Self

(2021) Turning the Tables with Robin Roberts

as Self

(1979) Roots: The Next Generations

as Nan Branch Haley

(1991) Sunday in Paris

as ---

(1989) Quantum Leap

as Joanna Chapman

(2020) Cardi Tries

as Self

(1977) 3 Girls 3

as Self

(2022) The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

as Myrtle (voice)

(1984) Celebrity

as Regina Brown

(1987) A Different World

as Dr. Langhorne

(2014) Jane the Virgin

as Beverly Flores

(2022) The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

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

as Precious (voice)

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

as Lola (voice)

(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories

as Self

(2005) Grey's Anatomy

as Catherine Avery

(2017) Raven's Home

as Great Aunt Maureen

(2018) Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'

as Self

(2015) Grace and Frankie

as Dorothy

(2017) S.W.A.T.

as Charice Harrelson

(1994) Touched by an Angel

as Valerie Hill

(1987) A Different World

as Debbie Allen (uncredited)

(1971) Great Performances

as Self

(2022) JANET JACKSON.

as Self

(2025) Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television

as Self

(2005) Everybody Hates Chris

as Mother