| 2021 | How It Feels to Be Free | Self (archival footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2016 | The Masked Saint | Ms. Edna | ★ 5.6 |
| 2015 | Light Girls | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2013 | Schwiegereltern inklusive | Nana Peeples | ★ 5.6 |
| 2013 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 2012 | Sing Your Song | Self | ★ 6.9 |
| 2010 | Patricia Cornwell - Undercover | Nana | ★ 5.6 |
| 2010 | Patricia Cornwell - Gefahr | Nana | ★ 4.5 |
| 2009 | Diary of a Single Mom | Therapist | ★ 4.0 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | (archive footage) | ★ 4.0 |
| 2002 | NBC 75th Anniversary Special | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2000 | Livin' for Love: The Natalie Cole Story | Maria Cole | ★ 7.0 |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Betty Hemings | ★ 7.6 |
| 2000 | The Courage to Love | Pouponne | ★ 6.4 |
| 1999 | Jackie's Back! | Diahann Carroll | ★ 6.5 |
| 1999 | Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years | Sadie Delany | ★ 7.5 |
| 1998 | Das schönste Geschenk | Mrs. Wilson | ★ 5.0 |
| 1998 | Motown 40: The Music is Forever | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1998 | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1997 | Eve's Bayou - Im Bann der Lügen | Elzora | ★ 6.3 |
| 1995 | Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | Narrator | ★ 2.0 |
| 1994 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle | Lydia Bishop | ★ 7.3 |
| 1992 | Color Adjustment | Self | ★ 6.9 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Vivian Thurlow (archive footage) (uncredited) | ★ 7.7 |
| 1991 | Sunday in Paris | Vernetta Chase | ★ 0.0 |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats | Eleanor Potter | ★ 7.4 |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues | Jazz Club Singer (uncredited) | ★ 6.5 |
| 1990 | Murder in Black and White | Margo Stover | ★ 0.0 |
| 1989 | Schattenreich des Todes | Maggie | ★ 5.5 |
| 1988 | Joan Rivers and Friends Salute Heidi Abromowitz | Diahann Carroll | ★ 0.0 |
| 1988 | Happy Birthday, Bob: 50 Stars Salute Your 50 Years with NBC | Self | ★ 6.0 |
| 1986 | Kraft Salutes the George Burns 90th Birthday Special | Self | ★ 9.0 |
| 1985 | The Best of Broadway | Herself | ★ 0.0 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | ★ 8.0 |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister | Carolyne Lovejoy | ★ 0.0 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | ★ 6.7 |
| 1979 | I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Vivian | ★ 4.2 |
| 1978 | The Star Wars Holiday Special | Mermeia | ★ 3.4 |
| 1977 | The Beatles Forever | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1976 | Telly... Who Loves Ya, Baby? | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1975 | Todesschreie | Betty May | ★ 6.6 |
| 1974 | Claudine | Claudine Price | ★ 7.1 |
| 1970 | Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.1 |
| 1968 | The Dean Martin Christmas Show | Self (uncredited) | ★ 7.6 |
| 1968 | Francis Albert Sinatra Does His Thing | Self - Singer | ★ 0.0 |
| 1968 | Bullen - wie lange wollt ihr leben? | Ellen "Ellie" Kennedy | ★ 6.7 |
| 1967 | Morgen ist ein neuer Tag | Vivian Thurlow | ★ 6.5 |
| 1961 | Paris Blues | Connie Lampson | ★ 6.5 |
| 1961 | Lieben Sie Brahms? | Nightclub Singer | ★ 7.1 |
| 1959 | Porgy und Bess | Clara | ★ 6.1 |
| 1954 | Carmen Jones | Myrt | ★ 6.0 |
