Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2023 | Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023) | Sylvia Simon |
| 2023 | Titanic (25th Anniversary Re-release) (2023) | The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
| 2023 | The Miracle Club (2023) | Eileen Dunne |
| 2020 | Home (2021) | Bernadette |
| 2019 | The Highwaymen | Governor Ma Ferguson |
| 2019 | Richard Jewell | Bobi Jewell |
| 2018 | On the Basis of Sex | Dorothy Kenyon |
| 2017 | Krystal | Vera |
| 2016 | Bad Santa 2 | Sunny Soke |
| 2016 | The Great Gilly Hopkins | Maime Trotter |
| 2016 | Complete Unknown | Nina |
| 2014 | Tammy | Lenore |
| 2014 | Boychoir | Headmistress |
| 2014 | When Marnie Was There | Mrs. Kadoya |
| 2011 | Midnight in Paris | Gert |
| 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Beverly Corbett |
| 2011 | You May Not Kiss the Bride | Bryan's Mother |
| 2010 | Valentine's Day (2010) | Susan |
| 2009 | Personal Effects | Gloria |
| 2009 | Cheri | Charlotte Peloux |
| 2009 | The Blind Side | Miss Sue |
| 2008 | The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) | Regina Jackson |
| 2008 | Revolutionary Road | Helen Givings |
| 2008 | Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys | Charlotte |
| 2007 | The Bee Movie | Janet Benson |
| 2007 | Fred Claus | Mother Claus |
| 2007 | The Golden Compass | Hester |
| 2007 | P.S. I Love You | Patricia |
| 2006 | Relative Strangers | Agnes Menure |
| 2006 | Charlotte's Web (2006) | Bitsy |
| 2006 | Failure to Launch | Sue |
| 2006 | The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing | Actor |
| 2006 | Bonneville | Margene |
| 2005 | Rumor Has It | Aunt Mitsy |
| 2005 | Warm Springs | Helena Mahoney |
| 2004 | Around the World in 80 Days (2004) | Queen Victoria |
| 2004 | Little Black Book (2004) | Kippie Kann |
| 2004 | The Bridge of San Luis Rey | The Marquesa |
| 2002 | Unconditional Love | Grace Beasley |
| 2002 | About Schmidt | Roberta Hertzel |
| 2002 | Love Liza | Mary Ann Bankhead |
| 2001 | Rat Race | Squirrel Lady |
| 2001 | American Outlaws (2001) | Ma James |
| 1999 | Annie (1999) | Miss Agatha Hannigan |
| 1998 | Waterboy | Helen 'Mama' Boucher |
| 1998 | Primary Colors | Libby Holden |
| 1997 | Titanic (1997) | The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
| 1996 | Diabolique (1996) | Shirley Voguel |
| 1996 | The War at Home | Maurine Collier |
| 1995 | Angus | Meg Bethune |
| 1995 | Dolores Claiborne | Dolores Claiborne |
| 1992 | Prelude To A Kiss | Leah Blier |
| 1992 | Shadows and Fog | Prostitute |
| 1992 | The Road to Mecca | Elsa Barlow |
| 1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Evelyn Couch |
| 1991 | At Play in the Fields of the Lord | Hazel Quarrier |
| 1990 | Misery | Annie Wilkes |
| 1990 | White Palace | Rosemary |
| 1990 | Men Don't Leave | Lisa Coleman |
| 1989 | No Place Like Home | Bonnie Cooper |
| 1987 | Summer Heat | Ruth |
| 1982 | Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean | Stella Mae |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Selma Darin |
