- Birthday: 1935-07-17
- Deathday: 2019-10-04
- Place of Birth: Bronx, New York, USA
- Age: 84
- Average Role Age: 54.27
Movie | Release Date | Character | Age at Release | |
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How It Feels to Be Free | 01/18/21 | Self (archival footage) | 84 | |
The Masked Saint | 01/08/16 | Ms. Edna | 80 | |
Light Girls | 01/19/15 | Self | 79 | |
And the Oscar Goes To... | 02/01/14 | Self (archive footage) | 78 | |
Peeples | 05/09/13 | Nana Peeples | 77 | |
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | 01/01/13 | Self | 77 | |
Sing Your Song | 01/13/12 | Self | 76 | |
The Front | 05/26/10 | Nana | 74 | |
At Risk | 05/19/10 | Nana | 74 | |
Diary of a Single Mom | 01/27/09 | Therapist | 73 | |
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | 01/01/04 | (archive footage) | 68 | |
NBC 75th Anniversary Special | 05/05/02 | Self | 66 | |
Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story | 12/10/00 | Maria Cole | 65 | |
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | 02/13/00 | Betty Hemings | 64 | |
The Courage to Love | 01/24/00 | Pouponne | 64 | |
Jackie's Back! | 06/14/99 | Diahann Carroll | 63 | |
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | 04/18/99 | Sadie Delany | 63 | |
The Sweetest Gift | 02/28/98 | Mrs. Wilson | 62 | |
Motown 40: The Music is Forever | 02/15/98 | Self | 62 | |
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | 02/10/98 | Self | 62 | |
Eve's Bayou | 11/07/97 | Elzora | 62 | |
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | 02/25/95 | Narrator | 59 | |
Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | 05/10/94 | Lydia Bishop | 58 | |
Color Adjustment | 01/29/92 | Self | 56 | |
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | 10/28/91 | Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited) | 56 | |
Sunday in Paris | 07/07/91 | Vernetta Chase | 55 | |
The Five Heartbeats | 03/29/91 | Eleanor Potter | 55 | |
Mo' Better Blues | 08/03/90 | Jazz Club Singer (uncredited) | 55 | |
Murder in Black and White | 01/07/90 | Margo Stover | 54 | |
From the Dead of Night | 02/27/89 | Maggie | 53 | |
Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | 08/16/88 | Diahann Carroll | 53 | |
Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | 05/16/88 | Self | 52 | |
Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | 01/17/86 | Self | 50 | |
The Best of Broadway | 05/24/85 | Herself | 49 | |
Night of 100 Stars II | 03/10/85 | Self | 49 | |
Sister, Sister | 06/07/82 | Carolyne Lovejoy | 46 | |
Night of 100 Stars | 03/08/82 | Self | 46 | |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | 04/28/79 | Vivian | 43 | |
The Star Wars Holiday Special | 11/17/78 | Mermeia | 43 | |
The Beatles Forever | 11/24/77 | Self | 42 | |
Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? | 02/18/76 | Self | 40 | |
Death Scream | 09/26/75 | Betty May | 40 | |
Claudine | 04/22/74 | Claudine Price | 38 | |
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | 03/24/70 | Self (archive footage) | 34 | |
The Dean Martin Christmas Show | 12/19/68 | Self (uncredited) | 33 | |
Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing | 11/28/68 | Self - Singer | 33 | |
The Split | 11/04/68 | Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy | 33 | |
Hurry Sundown | 02/09/67 | Vivian Thurlow | 31 | |
Paris Blues | 09/27/61 | Connie Lampson | 26 | |
Goodbye Again | 05/23/61 | Nightclub Singer | 25 | |
Porgy and Bess | 06/24/59 | Clara | 23 | |
Carmen Jones | 10/28/54 | Myrt | 19 |