- Birthday: 1924-12-19
- Deathday: 2021-01-28
- Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
- Age: 96
- Average Role Age: 65.72
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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How It Feels to Be Free | 01/18/21 | Self (archival footage) | 96 | |
A Fall from Grace | 01/17/20 | Alice | 95 | |
The Other Boys of Summer | 06/19/19 | Narrator | 94 | |
Last Flag Flying | 11/03/17 | Mrs. Hightower | 92 | |
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise | 10/14/16 | Herself | 91 | |
Showing Roots | 04/23/16 | Hattie | 91 | |
The Trip to Bountiful | 03/08/14 | Mrs. Watts | 89 | |
And the Oscar Goes To... | 02/01/14 | Self (archive footage) | 89 | |
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia | 02/01/13 | Mama Kay | 88 | |
Alex Cross | 10/18/12 | Nana Mama | 87 | |
The Help | 08/09/11 | Constantine Jefferson | 86 | |
Why Did I Get Married Too? | 04/02/10 | Ola | 85 | |
Relative Stranger | 03/14/09 | Pearl | 84 | |
Idlewild | 08/25/06 | Mother Hopkins | 81 | |
Fat Rose and Squeaky | 08/11/06 | Celine | 81 | |
Madea's Family Reunion | 02/24/06 | Myrtle | 81 | |
Diary of a Mad Black Woman | 02/25/05 | Myrtle | 80 | |
Because of Winn-Dixie | 02/18/05 | Gloria Dump | 80 | |
The Rosa Parks Story | 02/24/02 | Leona Edwards McCauley | 77 | |
Jewel | 02/07/01 | Cathedral | 76 | |
A Lesson Before Dying | 05/22/99 | Tante Lou | 74 | |
Always Outnumbered | 03/21/98 | Luvia | 73 | |
Ms. Scrooge | 12/10/97 | Ms. Ebenita Scrooge | 72 | |
Hoodlum | 08/27/97 | Stephanie St. Clair | 72 | |
Blessed Assurance | 08/17/97 | Vesta Lotte Battle | 72 | |
The Road to Galveston | 01/24/96 | Jordan Roosevelt | 71 | |
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | 05/01/94 | Castralia | 69 | |
House of Secrets | 10/31/93 | Evangeline | 68 | |
Duplicates | 03/18/92 | Dr. Randolph | 67 | |
Fried Green Tomatoes | 12/27/91 | Sipsey | 67 | |
The Kid Who Loved Christmas | 12/14/90 | Etta Mercer | 65 | |
Heat Wave | 08/13/90 | Ruthana Richardson | 65 | |
The Women of Brewster Place | 03/19/89 | 64 | ||
The Women of Brewster Place | 03/19/89 | Mrs. Browne | 64 | |
Intimate Encounters | 09/28/86 | Dr. Claire Dalton | 61 | |
Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story | 05/19/86 | Muriel | 61 | |
Acceptable Risks | 03/02/86 | Janet Framm | 61 | |
Playing with Fire | 04/13/85 | Carol Phillips | 60 | |
Benny's Place | 05/31/82 | Odessa | 57 | |
Night of 100 Stars | 03/08/82 | Self | 57 | |
The Marva Collins Story | 12/01/81 | Marva Collins | 56 | |
Bustin' Loose | 05/22/81 | Vivian Perry | 56 | |
The Concorde... Airport '79 | 08/17/79 | Elaine | 54 | |
Wilma | 12/19/77 | Blanche Rudolph | 53 | |
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | 12/14/77 | Sweets | 52 | |
Just an Old Sweet Song | 09/25/76 | Priscilla Simmons | 51 | |
The River Niger | 04/14/76 | Mattie Williams | 51 | |
The Blue Bird | 04/05/76 | Tylette | 51 | |
Free to Be… You and Me | 03/11/74 | Self | 49 | |
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman | 01/31/74 | Jane Pittman | 49 | |
Sounder | 09/24/72 | Rebecca Morgan | 47 | |
Neighbors | 11/18/71 | 46 | ||
Marriage: Year One | 10/15/71 | Emma Teasley | 46 | |
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words | 03/02/69 | 44 | ||
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 07/31/68 | Portia Copeland | 43 | |
The Comedians | 10/31/67 | Marie Therese | 42 | |
A Man Called Adam | 03/16/66 | Claudia Ferguson | 41 | |
A Morning For Jimmy | 01/01/60 | Sister | 35 | |
The Last Angry Man | 10/22/59 | Girl Left on Porch (uncredited) | 34 | |
Odds Against Tomorrow | 10/15/59 | Jazz Club Bartender (uncredited) | 34 | |
Carib Gold | 09/30/57 | Dottie | 32 |