Cast & creator
Roberta Flack
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Great Performances
Roberta Flack was an American soul singer known for Killing Me Softly With His Song, The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.
Also known as: Rubina Flake, Roberta Cleopatra Flack
35
film credits
10
television credits
42
1961–2026 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (45)
Showing 45 of 45 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Great Performances
Self
1971
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Wogan
Self
1982
New York Undercover
1994
The Flip Wilson Show
Self
1970
Solid Gold
Self
1980
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Self
2019World Music Awards
Self
1993
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
Self
2002
Free to Be… You and Me
Self / Young Girl
1974
Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC
Self
2026They All Came Out to Montreux
Self (archive footage)
2023
Bustin' Loose
Songs
1981
Ladies Night - Most Famous Hits
Self (archive footage)
2003All Star Party for Clint Eastwood
Self
1986
Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute
Self
1988
Killing Me Softly with His Songs
Self
2022
Roberta
2022
O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
Self (archive footage)
2009
Spike & Co. Do It a-Cappella
Self
1990
The One to One Concert
Self
1972
David Foster's Christmas Album
Self
1993
Spike & Co.: Do It a Cappella
1990
Queens of Soul at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
2015
Save the Children
Self
1973
Renaldo and Clara
Guest Artist
1978
Songs From the Neighborhood: The Music of Mister Rogers
Self
2005
Marcus Miller - Master Of All Trades
Self
2006
Roberta Flack: In Concert - Killing Me Softly
2008
Running
Self
2026
Roberta Flack: Live in Japan 1993
Vocals
Killing Me Softly: The Roberta Flack Story
Self
2014
The Flower of Pain
Music
1983
The Legend of John Henry
Narrator
1974
Roberta Flack - In Concert with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Vocals and Piano
2012Someday We'll all Be Free: The Donny Hathaway Story
Self
2020
Roberta Flack In Concert
self
2002
Soul to Soul
Self
1971
The Tiny Tree
Theme Song Performance
1975Roberta Flack: Live With the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Singer
Michael Jackson: Bad
Darryl's Mom (Voice)
1988