
Filmography

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self

The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self, Self - Co-Hostess

Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest

The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self

Great Performances
1971 · Self

Falcon Crest
1981 · Francine Hope

The Love Boat
1977 · Claudette Plummer

The Cosby Show
1984 · Patricia Abbott

The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest

American Playhouse
1982 · Charlotte Forten

The Carol Burnett Show
1967 · Self - Guest

Tony Awards
1956 · Self - Nominee / Performer

Hotel
1982 · Actor

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self

Numéro un
1975 · Self

ABC Afterschool Special
1972 · Ms. Varady

Monsters
1988 · Angela Lyle

The Flip Wilson Show
1970 · Self
Système 2
1975 · Self

All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989 · Whippet Angel (voice)

The Tim Conway Show
1980 · Self

Unsung
2008 · Actor

Lightning Force
1991 · Actor

Hair
1979 · '3-5-0-0' Soloist

Ellis Island
1984 · Flora Mitchum

The Fighting Temptations
2003 · Bessie Cooley

Melba
1986 · Melba Patterson

Night of 100 Stars II
1985 · Self

Lost in the Stars
1974 · Irina

Let's Go Mets
1986 · Self

Def by Temptation
1990 · Madam Sonya

The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
1970 · Model at Party

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 · Harriet Tubman

Show of Titles
2021 · "Purlie" Performer

Some Kind of a Nut
1969 · One of Bunny's Bunch

The Beatrice Arthur Special
1980 · Herself

The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf
1985 · Ms. Rogers

A Bing Crosby Christmas
1998 · Self (archive footage)

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
1985 · Charlotte Forten

Mother's Day
1989 · Actor
The Melba Moore-Clifton Davis Show
1972 · Herself - Host

Flamingo Road
1980 · Alma

Purlie
1981 · Lutiebelle

Seasonal Differences
1987 · Ms. Varady