Ruth & Boaz
as Naomi
Sep 25, 2025
The Beekeeper
as Eloise Parker
Jan 8, 2024
Heaven Down Here
as Nancy
Dec 14, 2023
Our Son
as Maya
Oct 14, 2023
Being Mary Tyler Moore
as Self (voice)
Mar 13, 2023
Creed III
as Mary-Anne Creed
Mar 1, 2023
tick, tick... BOOM!
as "Sunday" Legend #12
Nov 11, 2021
Show of Titles
as "There's No Business Like Show Business" Performer
Jun 13, 2021
Chadwick Boseman: Portrait of an Artist
as Self
Apr 17, 2021
Angry, Raucous, and Shamelessly Gorgeous
as Anna Campbell
Apr 8, 2021
Twenty Pearls: The Story of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
as Narrator (voice)
Mar 26, 2021
Soul
as Libba Gardner (voice)
Dec 25, 2020
Between the World and Me
as Self
Nov 21, 2020
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
as Grandmother Journey
Nov 6, 2020
Black Box
as Lillian
Oct 6, 2020
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
as Self - Actress
Aug 30, 2020
A Fall from Grace
as Sarah
Jan 17, 2020
Creed II
as Mary Anne Creed
Nov 21, 2018
Charlie's Place
as Narrator (voice)
Apr 26, 2018
Tour de Pharmacy
as Victoria Young
Jul 8, 2017
JFK: The Lost Inaugural Gala
as Self - Host
May 23, 2017
VH1 Hip Hop Honors: All Hail the Queens
Jul 11, 2016
Creed
as Mary Anne Creed
Nov 25, 2015
Emily & Tim
as Emily (Segment 5)
Aug 29, 2015
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
as Self
Feb 20, 2015
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
as Self
Jun 22, 2014
Gods Behaving Badly
as Demeter
Nov 13, 2013
Steel Magnolias
as Clairee
Oct 7, 2012
Good Deeds
as Wilimena Deeds
Feb 23, 2012
Change of Plans
as Dorothy
Jan 8, 2011
Frankie & Alice
as Edna
Dec 10, 2010
For Colored Girls
as Gilda
Nov 5, 2010
Just Wright
as Ella McKnight
May 14, 2010
Dreams Worth While: The Journey of "A Raisin in the Sun"
as Self
May 13, 2008
A Raisin in the Sun
as Lena Younger
Feb 25, 2008
God and the Inner City
as Self (voice)
Jun 22, 2003
The Cosby Show: A Look Back
as Self / Clair Huxtable (archive footage)
May 19, 2002
NBC 75th Anniversary Special
as Self
May 5, 2002
Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man
as Cassandra Hawkins
May 2, 2001
The Old Settler
as Elizabeth Barney
Apr 25, 2001
The Visit
as Dr. Coles
Apr 20, 2001
Free of Eden
as Desiree
Feb 21, 1999
Dinosaur - Preshow
as Dr Helen Marsh
Apr 22, 1998
Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored
as Ma Ponk
Jan 26, 1996
The Babysitter's Seduction
as Kate Jacobs
Jan 22, 1996
The Possession of Michael D.
as Dr. Marion Hale (Psychiatrist)
May 2, 1995
David's Mother
as Gladys Johnson
Apr 10, 1994
Hallelujah
as Mayor Turner
Dec 22, 1993
Bob Hope's Four-Star Christmas Fiesta from San Antonio
as Self
Dec 19, 1992
Jailbirds
as Janice Grant
May 16, 1991
Polly: Comin' Home!
as Aunt Polly
Nov 18, 1990
The Earth Day Special
as Clair Huxtable
Apr 22, 1990
Polly
as Aunt Polly
Nov 12, 1989
False Witness
as Lynne Jacobi
Oct 23, 1989
The Debbie Allen Special
as Self
Mar 5, 1989
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Disneyland Cleaning Lady
Nov 13, 1988
Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Eliza
Jun 14, 1987
We're Fighting Back
Apr 28, 1981
The Broad Coalition
Jan 1, 1972
Coretta Scott
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Family Affair
as Judge Elaine Carter
Diarra from Detroit
as Vonda
Mar 21, 2024
Curses!
as Georgia (voice)
Oct 26, 2023
Sherri
as Self - Guest
Sep 12, 2022
The Gilded Age
as Elizabeth Kirkland
Jan 24, 2022
Inside the Black Box
Jan 1, 2022
Little America
as Margaret Jean the Queen
Jan 17, 2020
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
Sep 9, 2019
David Makes Man
as Dr. Woods-Trap
Aug 14, 2019
Station 19
as Pilar
Mar 22, 2018
The Good Fight
as Renetta Clark
Feb 19, 2017
This Is Us
as Carol Clarke
Sep 20, 2016
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
as Jane
Aug 19, 2016
Empire
as Diana DuBois
Jan 7, 2015
Do No Harm
as Dr. Vanessa Young
Jan 31, 2013
Sofia the First
as Mountain Witch (voice)
Jan 11, 2013
Psych
as Winnifred Guster
Jul 7, 2006
Everybody Hates Chris
Sep 22, 2005
Grey's Anatomy
as Nell Timms
Mar 27, 2005
Bull
Aug 15, 2000
Little Bill
as Brenda Glover (voice)
Nov 28, 1999
Cosby
as Ruth Lucas
Sep 16, 1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self - Guest
Jun 10, 1996
In the House
Apr 10, 1995
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Lady Fulton (voice)
Mar 12, 1995
Touched by an Angel
as Elizabeth Jessup
Sep 21, 1994
Intimate Portrait
as Self
Nov 14, 1993
Blossom
Jul 5, 1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Jane Goodfellow (voice)
Dec 14, 1987
A Different World
as Clair Huxtable
Sep 24, 1987
The Cosby Show
as Clair Huxtable
Sep 20, 1984
Reading Rainbow
as Narrator (voice)
Jun 6, 1983
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
Apr 1, 1956
The Emmy Awards
as Self
Jan 25, 1949
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nov 25, 1948
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