Acting · b. 1915 · Norfolk, Virginia, United States Minnie Gentry Acting Bad Lieutenant Elderly Woman 1992 Def by Temptation Grandma 1990 Apprentice to Murder Mam Isobel 1988 America Mrs. Justice 1986 The Brother from Another Planet Mrs. Brown 1984 Hollow Image Emma 1979 Greased Lightning Wendell’s Mother 1977 Just an Old Sweet Song Aunt Velvet 1976 Claudine Bus Woman (uncredited) 1974 Black Caesar Mama Gibbs 1973 Come Back, Charleston Blue Her Majesty 1972 Georgia, Georgia Alberta Anderson 1972 Agent-readable