She received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress – Miniseries or a Movie for her performance as Big Mama in a television adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1985.
Hun modtog en Primetime Emmy Award for fremragende kvindelige birolle - Miniserie eller en film for sin præstation som Big Mama i en tv-tilpasning af Kat på et varmt bliktag i 1985.