Acting

2006

2003

as Self (archive footage)

1999

as Self (archive footage)

1989

as Self (archive footage)

1976

as (archive footage)

1975		Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1975		Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)

1973

as Self (archive footage)

1971

(1 episode) as Self

1969

(1 episode) as Self

1968

(1 episode) as Self - Guest

1964		Daniel Boone (1 episode) as Rachael
1964		The Hollywood Palace (1 episode) as Self

1963

(1 episode) as Rit

1961

(2 episodes) as Self

1960

(1 episode)

1959

as Dilsey

1958

as Gladys

1957

as Mom

1956

(1 episode) as Self - Singer

1955

(1 episode)

1954

(1 episode) as Aunt Kate

1953

(1 episode) as Mother

1952

as Berenice Sadie Brown

1950		The Beulah Show (39 episodes) as Beulah
1950		What's My Line? (1 episode) as Self - Mystery Guest

1949

as Dicey Johnson

1948

(2 episodes) as Self - Singer

1945

1943		The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
1943		Stage Door Canteen as Ethel Waters
1943		Cabin in the Sky as Petunia Jackson

1942		Cairo as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942		Tales of Manhattan as Esther

1939

1934		Gift of Gab as Herself
1934		Bubbling Over as Ethel Peabody

1933

as Mother of Rufus

1929

as Ethel