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The One Who Loves You (2013)
Character: Ruby
Gloria returns to her bleak home town after failing as a singer in New York. She falls for a grifter who claims to be the former manager of a famous singer. Her passion for singing is reborn, but she is pushed into uncharted territory.
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Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021)
Character: Self
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who lived through it, creating a first-hand archive of personal backstage stories and memories. The new documentary is the long-awaited sequel to late filmmaker Rick McKay’s award-winning 2003 film Broadway: The Golden Age, continuing the saga into the '60s and '70s and spotlighting beloved classic Broadway shows including Once Upon a Mattress, Bye Bye Birdie, Barefoot in the Park, Pippin, A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Chicago, and 42nd Street. Featuring a galaxy of stars including Alec Baldwin, Carol Burnett, Glenn Close, André De Shields, Jane Fonda, Robert Goulet, Liza Minnelli, Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, and many more, the film also includes rare archival photos and never-before-seen footage both onstage and off.
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
Character: Ramona
The story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige, the legendary pitcher, from his barnstorming days in the 1920s, hoping to break into organized "negro" baseball, to his emergence at age 43 in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians the year after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier.
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Paroled (2007)
Character: Mable Henderson
CJ Tillman is a two-strike felon fresh out of prison who has a job, a daughter, and one last chance to turn his life around. That chance comes when he is paroled to the home of a seemingly helpful elderly couple he met through a prison ministry. But calm quickly gives way to chaos as strange events begin to tear his life apart. Nearly killed in a mysterious accident, CJ realizes that things are not always as they appear. Caught between his unforgiving past and his inescapable future, he struggles to survive as life spirals out of control in a series of twists and turns that threaten to make parole a death sentence.
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The Killing Mind (1991)
Character: Sylvia
Isobel Neiman, a former FBI agent turned cop, is assigned to catch a ballerina's murderer, but runs into resistance by fellow cops who don't think a woman detective can handle the case.
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Perfect (1985)
Character: Sports Connection Member
A female aerobics instructor meets a male reporter doing a story on health clubs, but it isn't love at first sight.
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Nightwatch (1997)
Character: Female Paramedic
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.
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Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders II (1980)
Character: Candy Beaumont
This sequel to the highly-rated 1979 TV movie provides another fictionalized behind-the-scenes glimpse at the comely squad and the pressures put on them as they face another Super Bowl and an upcoming USO tour.
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Lost in America (1985)
Character: David's Secretary
David and Linda Howard are successful yuppies from LA. When he gets a job disappointment, David convinces Linda that they should quit their jobs, liquidate their assets, and emulate the movie Easy Rider, spending the rest of their lives traveling around America...in a Winnebago.
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Ali (2001)
Character: Odessa
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
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Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon (2019)
Character: Self
Merely Marvelous is a celebration of the art and life of Broadway's greatest dancing star, Gwen Verdon. She overcame many obstacles, including rickets, the Hollywood system, a loveless first marriage and a difficult second marriage to choreographer/director Bob Fosse, to become a multi-Tony Award-winning performer. Gwen's life is told through interviews with family members and theatre associates as well as a mine of rare footage from her Broadway and Hollywood careers. Merely Marvelous is the story of a brave woman who rose to the very top of her profession.
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Baby Boy (2001)
Character: Ms. Herron
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette and Peanut but still lives with his own mother. He can't seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life.
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