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The Color Purple

1985
as Shug Avery

Being Mary Jane

2013
as Helen Patterson

A Man on the Inside

2024
as Florance Joanne Whistbrook

Curtain Up

1952
as Mary

White Man's Burden

1995
as Megan Thomas

Waitin' to Live

2006
as Pearline Loggins

Which Way Is Up?

1977
as Annie Mae

Riverbend

1989
as Bell Coleman

Lightning in a Bottle

1993
as Dr. Sierheed

Meet the Browns

2008
as Sarah Brown

Something Evil

1972
as Irene

Cool Breeze

1972
as Lark

Magnum Force

1973
as Prostitute

Night Trap

1993
as Miss Sadie

Scott Joplin

1977
as Belle Joplin

Hell Up In Harlem

1973
as Sister Jennifer

Blueberry Hill

1988
as Hattie Cale

The Sky Is Gray

1980
as Rosemary

Proud Mary

2018
as Mina

Second to Die

2002
as Insurance Agent

Heat Wave

1990
as Roxie Turpin

Lord Help Us

2007
as Dorinda Thomas

Guest Star

Episode Murder, She Wrote
Jessica Behind Bars
1985
Episode MacGyver
Gunz 'n Boyz
1991
Episode Sanford and Son
Strange Bedfellows
1975
Episode Walker, Texas Ranger
The Neighborhood
1997
Episode Rags to Riches
Marva in the Key of Cee
1987
Episode Roc
The Lady Killer
1991
Episode Bones
The Man in the Fallout Shelter
2005
Episode The Neighborhood
Welcome To The Family
2021
Episode Trapper John, M.D.
A Case of the Crazies
1981
Episode Miami Vice
The Afternoon Plane
1987
Episode The Librarians (2014)
And the Silver Screen
2017
Episode Ironside
The Last Payment
1973
Episode Harry O
Elegy for a Cop
1975
Episode The Cosby Show
Clair's Reunion
1992
Episode 10-8: Officers on Duty
Hard Day's Night
2003
Episode Harry O
Eyewitness
1974
Episode Harry O
Mister Five and Dime
1976
Episode Harry O
Ruby
1976
Episode Baby I'm Back
Olivia's Job Offer
1978
Episode Amen
Deacon's Dilemma
1990
Episode Amen
The Deacon's Confession
1990
Episode Harry O
Anatomy of a Frame
1975