Known for
Porgy and Bess
1959Maria
The Fox and the Hound
1981Big Mama (voice)
The Landlord
1970Marge
Carmen Jones
1954Frankie
Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale
1985Martha Dermody
Norman... Is That You?
1976Beatrice Chambers
Peter Gunn
1989Mother
All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960Ruby
Variety Girl
1947Pearl Bailey
That Certain Feeling
1956Gussie
Isn't It Romantic?
1948Addie
Satan Claus
2010Animal
Tubby the Tuba
1975Mrs. Elephant (voice)
The Ultimate Collection Starring Johnny Carson - The Best of the 60s and 70s
2002
The Member of the Wedding
1982Bernice Sadie Brown
Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life
1981Self
Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
2014Self (archive footage)
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004Self (archive footage)
St. Louis Blues
1958Aunt Hagar