Filmography
Ruth Brown
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
Late Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Musical Guest
American Playhouse
1982 · Mrs. Sherman
Austin City Limits
1975 · Self
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Tortoise / Ant (voice)
The Dick Clark Show
1958 · Self
Hello, Larry
1979 · Actor, Leona Wilson
Rebel Highway
1994 · Ella Baldwin
Hairspray
1988 · Motormouth Maybelle
Checking In
1981 · Actor
True Identity
1991 · Martha
B.B. King: Blues Summit
1995 · Actor
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards
2005 · Singer (segment "Black and Blue") (archive footage)
Under the Rainbow
1981 · Cleaning Woman
Hallelujah
1993 · Mrs. Sherman
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1994 · Ella
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955 · Self
Montreux Jazz Festival 1991
1991 · Self
That Rhythm, Those Blues
1988 · Actor
Black and Blue: A Musical Revue
1993 · Singer
Bonnie Raitt: Road Tested
1996 · Self - Guest star - Vocals
Blues Alive
1990 · Herself