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2013 Spell (post-production)
Safi
 
2012 Bama & Fred (short) (completed)
Bama
 
2012 Nancy, Please
Dr. Bannister
 
2011 Collar
Fiona Taylor
 
2011 Somebody's Hero
Maureen
 
2011/I The Inheritance
Aunt Bee
 
2010 It's Kind of a Funny Story
The Professor
 
2010 Damages (TV series)
Older Female Victim / Plaintiff
– Tell Me I'm Not Racist (2010) … Older Female Victim / Plaintiff
– Your Secrets Are Safe (2010) … Older Female Victim
 
2008 Army Wives (TV series)
Vivian Burton
– Transitions (2008) … Vivian Burton
– Thank You for Letting Me Share (2008) … Vivian Burton
 
2008 The Toe Tactic
Victoria Hadaway
 
1999-2008 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series)
Family Court Judge / Judge / Mrs. Mosley
– Unorthodox (2008) … Judge
– Conscience (2004) … Family Court Judge
– Sophomore Jinx (1999) … Mrs. Mosley
 
2008 Compliments of the Serpent (video short)
Barbara Stanton
 
2007 The Starter Wife (TV mini-series)
Nana
– Hour 6 (2007) … Nana
– Hour 5 (2007) … Nana
– Hour 4 (2007) … Nana
– Hour 3 (2007) … Nana
– Hour 1 (2007) … Nana
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2007 The Ten
Judge Sophia R. Jackson
 
2007 King (short)
 
2006 Griffin & Phoenix
Maya Restaurant Owner
 
2006 Premium
Jayme
 
2006 Stephanie Daley
Dr. Peterson
 
2005 Preaching to the Choir
Aunt June
 
2004 The West Wing (TV series)
Gail Fitzwallace
– N.S.F. Thurmont (2004) … Gail Fitzwallace
– Gaza (2004) … Gail Fitzwallace
 
2004 Birth
Lee
 
2004 Dear Wendy
Clarabelle
 
2003 Whoopi (TV series)
Nurse
– Once Bitten (2003) … Nurse
 
2003 Conversations with Id (short)
Aunt Mae
 
2003 Third Watch (TV series)
Sondra Richards
– In Confidence (2003) … Sondra Richards
 
2003 Head of State
Moderator
 
2002 Antwone Fisher
Mrs. Tate
 
2001 100 Centre Street (TV series)
Isabelle
– Things Change (2001) … Isabelle
 
2001 The Gilded Six Bits (short)
 
1999 Judy Berlin
Carol
 
1998 Mama Flora's Family (TV movie)
Pearl (1955-1970)
 
1998 Sex and the City (TV series)
Madame Lordes
– Oh Come All Ye Faithful (1998) … Madame Lordes
 
1998 A Perfect Murder
Ambassador Alice Wills
 
1998 1999
Rufus' Shrink
 
1995-1998 New York Undercover (TV series)
Malcolm's Mother / Prof. Cortez
– Capital Punishment (1998) … Malcolm's Mother
– Olde Tyme Religion (1995) … Prof. Cortez
 
1997 The Devil's Advocate
Botanica Woman
 
1997 Dellaventura (TV series)
Aretha Jefferson
– Music of the Night (1997) … Aretha Jefferson
 
1997 One Life to Live (TV series)
Judge Barbara Fitzwater
– Episode dated 11 September 1997 (1997) … Judge Barbara Fitzwater
 
1997 Oz (TV series)
Loretta Smith
– Plan B (1997) … Loretta Smith
 
1997 White Lies
Leon's Mother
 
1996 Harambee! (TV movie)
Queenesther
 
1996 The Summer of Ben Tyler (TV movie)
Rosetta Tyler
 
1996 Girl 6
Angela's Aunt
 
1996 Manny & Lo
Georgine
 
1990-1995 Law & Order (TV series)
Judge Gloria Crutcher / Mrs. Washington
– Humiliation (1995) … Mrs. Washington
– Out of the Half-Light (1990) … Judge Gloria Crutcher
 
1995 Mercy
Angela
 
1995 New York News (TV series)
Evelyn Gates
– New York News (1995) … Evelyn Gates
 
1995 The Keeper
Mrs. Lemont, Mother
 
1994 Dead Funny
Frances
 
1993 Weekend at Bernie's II
Mobu
 
1993 Daybreak (TV movie)
Mrs. Chaney
 
1992 Citizen Cohn (TV movie)
Second Annie Lee Moss
 
1991 Strictly Business
Olivia
 
1990 Green Card
Marriage Celebrant
 
1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities
Media Jackal
 
1990 Privilege
Yvonne Washington
 
1989 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (TV series)
Jazz Singer
– Here's Why You Should Always Make Your Bed in the Morning (1989) … Jazz Singer
 
1989 The Littlest Victims (TV movie)
Mrs. Munson
 
1989 A Man Called Hawk (TV series)
Mrs. Webster
– Never My Love (1989) … Mrs. Webster
 
1988 Hothouse (TV series)
Olivia
– The Subject of Sex (1988) … Olivia
 
1987 Orphans
Mattie
 
1987 Kojak: The Price of Justice (TV movie)
Pearl
 
1986 The Equalizer (TV series)
Miriam Blain
– The Line (1986) … Miriam Blain
 
1986 As the World Turns (TV series)
Sarah Franklin
– Episode dated 25 April 1986 (1986) … Sarah Franklin (uncredited)
 
1984 The Flamingo Kid
Lizzy
 
1984 He's Fired, She's Hired (TV movie)
Serena Cole
 
1984 The Cotton Club
Madame St. Clair
 
1984 A Doctor's Story (TV movie)
Mrs. Thornton
 
1983 Chiefs (TV mini-series)
Nellie Cole
– Part 3 (1983) … Nellie Cole
– Part 1 (1983) … Nellie Cole
 
1980 The Torture of Mothers
 
1979 The Seduction of Joe Tynan
Carla Willis
 
1978 An Unmarried Woman
Jean
 
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2010 30 Rock (TV series)
– The Moms (2010) (performer: "Don't Go to Bed With a Frown" - uncredited)
 
1971 Some of My Best Friends Are (performer: "The Bar")
 
Show ShowSelf (2 titles)
2010 30 Rock (TV series)
Herself
– The Moms (2010) … Herself
 
2002-2003 Taboo (TV series documentary)
Herself - Narrator
– After Death (2003) … Herself - Narrator
– Rites of Passage (2002) … Herself - Narrator
– Tests of Faith (2002) … Herself - Narrator
– Death (2002) … Herself - Narrator (voice)
– Sexuality (2002) … Herself - Narrator
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(October 2002): Plays in "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" play by Bertolt Brecht (Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, New York City, New York, USA). See more »
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