Acting

2004

as Self (archive footage)

1998

as Baby Suggs, aka Grandma Baby

1997

(1 episode)

1994		ER (12 episodes) as Mae Benton
1994		Out of Darkness as Mrs. Cooper

1993

(1 episode) as Emma

1992

(23 episodes) as Miss Lula

1991

as Cora Simms

1990

1989		Drugstore Cowboy as Drug Counselor
1989		Family Matters (1 episode)
1989		Homer and Eddie as Linda Cervi

1987		Big Shots as Miss Hanks
1987		Beauty and the Beast (5 episodes)
1987		Frank's Place (1 episode)
1987		Inside Out as Verna
1987		CBS Summer Playhouse (1 episode) as Katherine

1986		Designing Women (3 episodes)
1986		L.A. Law (2 episodes) as Alberta Williams (uncredited)
1986		As Summers Die as Elvira Backus
1986		Matlock (1 episode)
1986		Acceptable Risks as Sally Framm

1985		227 (2 episodes)
1985		Generation as Edna
1985		And the Children Shall Lead as Miss Annie

1984		Murder, She Wrote (1 episode) as Emma Coop (1 episode) as Ola Mae
1984		Highway to Heaven (1 episode)
1984		Hunter (2 episodes) as Ella Mae Fuller / Pockets
1984		Punky Brewster (1 episode)

1983

(1 episode) as Serita

1982

(1 episode)

1981		The Sophisticated Gents (3 episodes) as Mae Porter
1981		Hill Street Blues (2 episodes)

1980		A Christmas Without Snow as Wendell's Grandma
1980		Palmerstown, U.S.A. (1 episode)

1979		Banjo the Woodpile Cat as Zazu (voice)
1979		The Facts of Life (1 episode)
1979		Roots: The Next Generations (7 episodes) as Cynthia Palmer

1978		Vega$ (1 episode)
1978		Ring of Passion as Lilly Brooks

1976

as Grandma

1975

as Florence

1973		A Dream for Christmas as Grandma Bessie
1973		Outrage as Thelma
1973		The Magician (1 episode) as Mrs. Thatcher

1972		Footsteps as Jessie Blake
1972		The Biscuit Eater as Charity Tomlin
1972		Sanford and Son (2 episodes)

1970

as Mama Tiny

1969		The Bill Cosby Show (1 episode) as Rose Kincaid
1969		Room 222 (1 episode)

1968

(1 episode) as Mama Grant

1967		Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Mrs. Prentice
1967		In the Heat of the Night as Mama Caleba
1967		Ironside (1 episode)
1967		Hurry Sundown as Rose Scott

1965

(2 episodes) as Hannah

1963

as Idella Landy

1962

as Viney (uncredited)

1961

(1 episode) as Alice

1959

as May Scott

1958

as Grecco Maid