Tonea Stewart (February 3, 1947) is an American actress and university professor best known for A Time to Kill (1996), Mississippi Burning (1988), and Girls Trip (2017).
She is married to Dr. Allen Stewart and they have four children.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1976: Nightmare In Badham County as Alma
- 1977: Minstrel Man as Carla
- 1978: Roll Of Thunder Hear My Cry as Mrs. Avery
- 1979: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings as Lillie
- 1981: Dont Look Back The Story Of Leroy Satchel Paige as Mama Paige
- 1981: Mistress Of Paradise as Sister Sarah
- 1987: Courtship as Aunt Charity
- 1988: Mississippi Burning as Mrs. Walker
- 1989: Unconquered as Bertha
- 1990: Caroline as Diane
- 1991: Livin Large as Mrs. Davis
- 1991: White Lie as Len's Secretary
- 1993: Body Snatchers as Teacher
- 1994: A Passion For Justice The Hazel Brannon Smith Story as Henrietta
- 1994: Leave Of Absence as Cora Winsor
- 1994: One Christmas as Evangeline
- 1995: Gramps as Rae Ellen
- 1995: The Sister In Law as Libby
- 1996: A Time to Kill as Gwen Hailey
- 1997: My Stepson My Lover as Delia Gray
- 2001: Tara as Vetta Taylor
- 2002: The Rosa Parks Story as Johnnie Carr
- 2002: Baby Of The Family as Miss Bessie Mae
- 2003: Confessions Of A Florist as Connie
- 2003: Roper And Goodie as Bertie
- 2005: Constellation as Reverand
- 2007: Love And Other 4 Letter Words as Nana's Neighbor
- 2007: A West Texas Childrens Story as Elderly Woman
- 2009: Mississippi Damned as Alice
- 2010: The Wronged Man as Ms. Newton
- 2010: Lottery Ticket 2010 as Random Neighbor #3
- 2015: American Hero 2015 as Gladis
- 2016: The Hollars as Latisha
- 2017: Girls Trip as Aunt Maron
- 2017: Same Kind of Different as Me as Big Mama
- 2018: Come Sunday as Lillie Ruth
- 2018: The Golden Voices as Dean Vickie Wilson
- 2019: Just Mercy as Mrs. Coleman (Uncredited Role)
- 2020: Christmas Dilemma as Grammie
- 2020: First Christmas as Memaw
Television Roles
- 1987: American Playhouse as Aunt Charity
- 1988-1994: In the Heat of the Night as Aunt Etta Kibbey/Mrs. Gray (38 episodes)
- 1993: Matlock as Elena/Henrietta Dorsey (2 episodes)
- 1997-1999: Walker, Texas Ranger as Principal Rivers/Judge Loretta Paxton (2 episodes)
- 1998: Mama Floras Family as Bessie
- 1999: ER as Pearl
- 2000: Touched by an Angel as Lois
- 2013: American Horror Story
- 2013: American Horror Story: Coven as Old Cora
- 2017: Tales as Grandma
- 2019: Lawless as Ruth Ann Coleman
- 2021: Ruthless as Elder Mother
- 2022: The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey as Mrs. Strayhorn
Shorts
- 2008: Six Blocks Wide as Gran
- 2009: Genius In Heels as Roselette
- 2012: Carolyn Somebody as Grandma Coreen (also producer)
- 2014: Small as Memaw
- 2015: Olivia Martha Ilse as Eloise
- 2020: Black Adam Precursor as Wizard 5
- 2021: Dorethas Rules as Doretha
Producer
- 2012: Montgomery (short)
