Acting

2006

2003

as Self (archive footage)

1999

as Self (archive footage)

1989

as Self (archive footage)

1976

as (archive footage)

1975		Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
1975		Black Shadows on a Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)

1973

as Self (archive footage)

1959

as Dilsey

1958

as Gladys

1957

as Mom

1952

as Berenice Sadie Brown

1949

as Dicey Johnson

1945

1943		The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'On with the Show!') (archive footage)
1943		Stage Door Canteen as Ethel Waters
1943		Cabin in the Sky as Petunia Jackson

1942		Cairo as Cleona Jones, Marcia's Maid
1942		Tales of Manhattan as Esther

1939

1934		Gift of Gab as Herself
1934		Bubbling Over as Ethel Peabody

1933

as Mother of Rufus

1929

as Ethel