highest rated
acting
- The Smack → Babs
- Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life → Self
- Matlock (TV) → Madeline 'Matty' Matlock
- A Family Affair → Leila Ford
- Summer Camp → Ginny Moon
- The Great Lillian Hall → Edith Wilson
- Off Script with The Hollywood Reporter (TV) → Self
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. → Sylvia Simon
- Titanic: Stories from the Heart → Self (archive footage)
- The Miracle Club → Eileen Dunne
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV) → Self
- Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony → Self (archive footage)
- Home → Bernadette
- Richard Jewell → Bobi Jewell
- The Highwaymen → Ma Ferguson
- The Death & Life of John F. Donovan → Barbara Haggermaker
- On the Basis of Sex → Dorothy Kenyon
- Krystal → Vera
- FEUD (TV) → Joan Blondell
- Disjointed (TV) → Ruth
- Chelsea (TV) → Self
- The Boss → Ida Marquette
- Bad Santa 2 → Sunny Soke
- Complete Unknown → Nina
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV) → Self
- Lip Sync Battle (TV) → Self
- The Great Gilly Hopkins → Maime Trotter
- Boychoir → Headmistress
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors (TV) → Self
- Tammy → Lenore
- Return to the 5 & Dime: An Interview with Ed Graczyk → Self – Stella Mae (archive footage)
- Reflections on Titanic → Self
- Cadaver → Beth
- American Horror Story (TV) → Delphine LaLaurie
- American Horror Story (TV) → Ethel Darling
- American Horror Story (TV) → Iris
- American Horror Story (TV) → Agnes Mary Winstead
- American Horror Story (TV) → Miriam Mead / Delphine LaLaurie
- Harry's Law (TV) → Harriet 'Harry' Korn
- Midnight in Paris → Gertrude Stein
- A Little Bit of Heaven → Beverly Corbett
- You May Not Kiss the Bride → Bryan's Mother
- Mike & Molly (TV) → Kay
- Valentine's Day → Susan Milton
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV) → Self - Guest
- The Blind Side → Miss Sue
- Alice (TV) → Queen of Hearts
- Chéri → Madame Peloux
- Personal Effects → Gloria
- The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club → Pancho Barnes (Voice)
- Revolutionary Road → Mrs. Helen Givings
- The Day the Earth Stood Still → Regina Jackson
- Stand Up to Cancer (TV) → Self
- Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys → Charlotte Cartwright
- The Big Bang Theory (TV) → Mrs. Fowler
- Chelsea Lately (TV) → Self (archive footage)
- Bee Movie → Janet Benson (voice)
- The Golden Compass → Hester (voice)
- P.S. I Love You → Patricia
- Fred Claus → Mother Claus
- Guilty Hearts → The Judge
- Christmas Is Here Again → Miss Dowdy (voice)
- Charlotte's Web → Bitsy the Cow (voice)
- Failure to Launch → Sue
- Relative Strangers → Agnes Menure
- Bonneville → Margene Cunningham
- American Dad! (TV) → D.O. Rothy (voice)
- The Office (TV) → Jo Bennett
- Rumor Has It... → Aunt Mitsy (uncredited)
- Six Feet Under: In Memoriam → Herself
- Warm Springs → Helena Mahoney
- Ambulance Girl → Jane Stern
- Hansel and Gretel → Narrator (voice)
- Around the World in 80 Days → Queen Victoria
- Little Black Book → Kippie Kann
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing → Narrator (voice)
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey → The Marquesa
- Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy → Siren / Sea Hag (voice)
- Two and a Half Men (TV) → Charlie Harper
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV) → Self
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV) → Self
- Declaration of Independence → Self
- Celebrity Naked Ambition → Self (archive footage)
- Misery Loves Company → Self
- Dragonfly → Mrs. Belmont
- About Schmidt → Roberta Hertzel
- Love Liza → Mary Ann Bankhead
- Unconditional Love → Grace Beasley
- Making Rat Race → Herself
- My Sister's Keeper → Christine Chapman
- Six Feet Under (TV) → Bettina
- Rat Race → The Squirrel Lady (uncredited)
- American Outlaws → Ma James
- Bruno → Mother Superior
- Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood → Frances Marion (voice)
- Annie → Miss Agatha Hannigan
- Baby Steps → Mrs. Mellon
- The Waterboy → Mama Boucher
- A Civil Action → Bankruptcy Judge (uncredited)
- Primary Colors → Libby Holden
- Swept from the Sea → Miss Swaffer
- The Effects of Magic → Raphaella, the Magic Bunny
- Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes → Self
- Titanic: Breaking New Ground → Self
- King of the Hill (TV) → Patrol Officer Jane Cooper (voice)
- The View (TV) → Self
- Titanic → Molly Brown
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life → Self
- The Daily Show (TV) → Self
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV) → Charlotte Everly
- The War at Home → Maurine Collier
- Diabolique → Det. Shirley Vogel
- The Late Shift → Helen Kushnick
- The Good, The Bad, and the Beautiful → Self
- Dolores Claiborne → Dolores Claiborne
- MADtv (TV) → Stuart's Grandma
- Angus → Meg Bethune
- The West Side Waltz → Mr. Goo
- Talking With → Big Eight (segment "Rodeo")
- The Stand (TV) → Rae Flowers (uncredited)
- North → Alaskan Mom
- Inside the Actors Studio (TV) → Self
- Curse of the Starving Class → Ella Tate
- Tupperware! → Narrator
- A Home of Our Own → Frances Lacey
- Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun → Lunar Mom
- Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories (TV) → Narrator (voice)
- Prelude to a Kiss → Leah Blier
- Used People → Bibby Berman
- Hostages → Peggy Say
- Fried Green Tomatoes → Evelyn Couch
- Shadows and Fog → Prostitute
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord → Hazel Quarrier
- The Road to Mecca → Elsa Barlow
- Misery → Annie Wilkes
- White Palace → Rosemary
- Dick Tracy → Mrs. Green
- Men Don't Leave → Lisa Coleman
- No Place Like Home → Bonnie Cooper
- Roe vs. Wade → Jessie
- Signs of Life → Mary Beth Alder
- High Stakes → Jill
- American Experience (TV) → Narrator (voice)
- American Experience (TV) → Narrator
- China Beach (TV)
- Arthur 2: On the Rocks → Mrs. Canby
- Murder Ordained (TV) → Bobbi Birk
- Murder Ordained → Bobbi Birk
- My Best Friend Is a Vampire → Helen Blake
- Summer Heat → Ruth
- L.A. Law (TV) → Charlotte Haley
- The Morning After → Woman on Mateo Street
- Johnny Bull → Katherine Kovacs
- Two of a Kind → Furniture Man's Wife
- St. Elsewhere (TV) → Polly Miller
- Cagney & Lacey (TV)
- Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean → Stella Mae
- Straight Time → Selma Darin
- The Love Boat (TV) → Sally Allison
- Great Performances (TV) → Self
- Taking Off → Audition Singer
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV) → Self
- The Oscars (TV) → Self
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (TV) → Christine Chapman
- The Emmy Awards (TV) → Self
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Nominee / Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Audience Member
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Winner
